Meanwhile, the government has ordered PCTs to make sure future dentist registrations are conducted on the phone or via the internet rather than in person.
Depending on the contract you have, certain costs for accessing the internet on your phone - usually referred to as data charges - may apply.
At the same time, its prospectus provides a trove of new information about the financial struggles of a phone company that relies on the Internet instead of its own network to provide phone service.
Information, whether on the phone or through Internet sites, starts as an electronic signal.
If you are not sure about the potential charges for accessing the internet on your phone, please ask your mobile network provider.
He went to the main square in Cairo that morning, talking with a friend on the mobile phone before both Internet and cellphone networks were cut off by Egyptian authorities in the morning.
Similarly Vonage is taking on the phone companies with an Internet based calling service.
Gateway, along with Dell, convinced Americans that buying PCs through the mail or over the phone--and later on the Internet--was a good idea.
Privacy International has launched a 'Know Your Data' campaign which calls on UK consumers to demand access to the records held on them by phone and internet firms.
According to a Pew report , 38 percent of Americans accessed the internet on their phone last year -- up from 25 percent the previous year.
Internet phone systems route calls to a particular computer on the Internet, not to a specific physical location.
Internet phone systems route calls to a particular address on the internet, not to a specific physical location, so it can be tough to provide emergency services with information about where a caller is located.
Currently, the only Apple-approved way to get a program onto the iPhone is through a Web application that works on the phone's built-in Internet browser.
But today's students don't even use phone lines--they rely entirely on cellular connections or make free phone calls over the Internet, using programs like Skype.
Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is tapping Wu for advice on legislation that would make it illegal for phone companies to block access to the Internet on mobile devices.
Mobile-phone companies could become the credit companies of the future by offering customers the ability to pay for goods on the Internet while putting the charge on the customers' phone bills.
"Best thing was the BT helpline advising customers to logon to BT.com if they can't get through on the phone - not easy logging in without internet!"
But voice-over-Internet Protocol services are starting to catch on as consumers get used to the idea of making phone calls over the Internet.
And the old phone's relatively poky data connection means applications that rely on a connection to the Internet will crawl along without access to a wi-fi hot spot.
Bowing to pressure from iPhone fans, Canadian wireless carrier Rogers Communications moved to give Apple fans lining up for the new iPhone Friday a special offer on the price of Internet usage for the latest version of Apple's media player, smart phone hybrid.
Bowing to pressure from iPhone fans, Canadian wireless carrier Rogers Communications (nyse: RCI - news - people ) moved to give Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) fans lining up for the new iPhone Friday a special offer on the price of Internet usage for the latest version of Apple's media player, smart phone hybrid.
Right now, the people who own the phone and cable lines that pipe in the internet to our homes have a neutral stance on how these websites are transmitted, but the times may be changing.
It was a stark reminder that the internet is more than code on your mobile phone or laptop.
About 600 homes and businesses in Ewhurst lost their phone and internet access after the theft on 16 January.
The stocks of cable and telecom providers have been negatively impacted over the last two years due to the recessionary environment and high price competition on internet, phone and TV services.
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You can easily install an app on your iPhone or Android phone that will place calls over the Internet via Wi-Fi, just like Republic.
Sales transacted on the Internet would be treated the same as catalog or phone sales: Unless a seller has a physical presence in the state of the buyer, no sales tax can be collected.
Chief Executive Brian Roberts is expected to announce on Monday that the company will roll out an Internet-based phone service in 20 of its markets during 2005, and to its complete coverage area in 2006.
The internet phone service says it has been working on the problem and things are starting to return to normal, though some parts of its network still appear to be down.
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One driver admitted failing to see a red light because he was on the phone and another denied making a call saying he was only using the internet.
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