Furthermore digital cellular handset prices have plunged, and many cellular carriers offer paging along with phone service.
The Internet stocks are like cellular telephony a decade ago: Nobody predicted the high saturation rates we're seeing in cellular today.
The company now offers its satellite phone service as a transparent backup to cellular coverage through its partnerships with cellular providers.
Fixed cellular and wireless-loop technologies are enabling cellular companies to effectively encroach upon the territory that was once the exclusive domain of fixed-line operators.
"I called and told him, 'Joel, I'm calling you from a cellular phone, a real cellular phone, a handheld, portable, real cellular phone', " Cooper recalled.
"We are pleased to offer iPhone 5 to our customers throughout the Bluegrass Cellular service area nationwide, " said Ron Smith, President and CEO, Bluegrass Cellular.
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Under the agreement, Verizon Wireless leased to Bluegrass Cellular its 700 MHz upper C block wireless spectrum in the Bluegrass Cellular service areas where Verizon Wireless has not constructed a network.
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Using the leased spectrum, Bluegrass Cellular constructed and operates a 4G LTE network in central Kentucky serving Bluegrass Cellular customers, Verizon Wireless customers and customers of other LTE in Rural America participants.
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Just imagine how large your cellular bill may grow to be now that your cellular device, not really just a phone any longer, has become a critical part of your daily routine.
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Over 170 million people subscribe to cellular service in the U.S., and nearly 80% of consumers between the ages of 25 and 54 have a mobile phone, according to the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association.
By selling a Spider-Man game through Mforma and its Chinese mobile partners, Marvel can capitalize off the phenomenon, and exploit the huge and growing Chinese cellular market, where there are more cellular handsets in use than land lines.
Bluegrass Cellular 4G customers and Verizon Wireless customers will now have access to LTE-speed data services within Bluegrass Cellular's 4G LTE coverage areas and Bluegrass customers will also have access to Verizon's 4G LTE network throughout the United States.
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Unlike the iPad and some Android tablets, neither Surface can be ordered with built-in cellular connectivity, though the Pro can accept extra-cost plug-in cellular modems and, like competing tablets, it can be wirelessly tethered to a cellphone or stand-alone cellular modem.
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As every smart phone user knows, billing by the cellular operaters is designed to push you to using wifi when in your home or any Starbucks or other public location that will keep you off their generally overstressed cellular networks.
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By further strengthening our device portfolio, we'll give consumers another great reason to switch to U.S. Cellular, and enable our existing customers to choose from an even wider variety of iconic smartphones, and enjoy the outstanding U.S. Cellular customer experiences they deserve.
Right now Motorola is having a bumpy time in its consumer-paging and cellular markets in Asia.
James Barksdale, who had been chief operating officer at Federal Express, became president of McCaw Cellular in 1991.
Telecom companies should look for continued flatness in landline activity, with moderate growth in cellular.
Some frequent travelers carry multiple phones to navigate incompatible cellular standards country to country.
Samsung Galaxy Note II: The Multi-Window update is now available for US Cellular subscribers.
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It also has a more unique, and far more juvenile function: cellular whoopie cushion.
Hartmann tells us the E-Plus cellular operation will break even next year or in 2000.
As the world's most prolific smartphone maker, Samsung is very much invested in cellular.
Then he threw the money into creating the U.S.' first nationwide cellular phone network.
Strong demand for smartphones is helping the cellular baseband market grow by impressive rates every year.
And it has been slow to replace analog cellular phones with more popular digital models.
One set of Amazon algorithms, for example, helps people compare convoluted cellular phone plans.
It would draw a clearer battle line between traditional cellular networks and Internet companies.
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Rather, as alleged, Wi-Fi technology shares a common design with cellular phone technology .
But growth attracts competition, which slows the earnings-per-share momentum of the more established cellular companies.
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