Smaller, regional wireless carriers are expected to join the database over two years, according to a person familiar with the plan.

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Parents can reminisce about that person with their kids and conduct a memorial activity that children can join in.

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"Here I was telling the same person I had called with such enthusiasm 14 months ago and convinced to join me as a cofounder that he was out of a job, " says Baier.

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