Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad. At the beep, leave a message; teenagers connected by cell phones and pagers find ways to stay out of touch

Article Abstract:

While no hard data exists, staff estimates indicate that for teenagers at affluent high schools, as many as 1 of every 2 students carries a pager. Many also have cell phones. The teenagers interviewed like being connected to their peers. Whether they took a call or responded to a page from mom or dad varied. As did the validity of remarks such as 'Oh, the battery is dead,' or 'Oh, I misplaced it,' when asked why they didn't respond to a call from a parent. Advances in GPS technology will allow parents to see the location of their child, but again it will depend if the teen takes the call.

Paging Services, Paging, Paging Systems, Social aspects, Usage, Product information, Wireless communications, Teenagers, Youth, Technology application, Broadcasting industry, Wireless communication systems, Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Radio pagers, Pagers (Communication devices)

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Selling status, and cell phones; fierce competition to control the wireless market in China

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It is estimated that China has 65 million cellular telephone users today, and that it will have 105 million users next year. By 2002, the number is expected to reach 155 million, surpassing the U.S. to become the world's largest wireless market. Since the major Chinese telecom firms don't sell phones at discounted prices in a bundle with services, cell phone-makers are engaged in a fierce battle for customers, which has led to intense marketing. Motorola and Nokkia each have 30 percent of market share, while Ericsson, Sony and other foreign firms account for 35 percent. Chinese manufacturers have the remaining 5 percent.

United Kingdom, China, Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing, Japan, Household audio and video equipment, Consumer Electronics, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing, Sweden, Cellular Mobile Tel Equip, Central Station Switch Eqp, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, Marketing, Consumer electronics industry, Investments, Telecommunications equipment industry, Telecommunications equipment, Statistics, Market share, Vodafone AirTouch PLC, Sony Corp., Telephone switching equipment, Motorola Inc., MOT, Central office equipment (Telephone), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, SNE, Cellular transmission equipment, China Mobile Communications Corp., Konka, RCS/ZTECH

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U.S. is lagging behind Europe in Short Messaging Services

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In Japan and Europe, Short Messaging Service is a popular way for users to quickly send line of text between mobile phone users. These regions enjoy a single communication standard, GSM, and widespread adoption of cell phone use. Pagers have all but vanished from countries like Finland. In contrast, U.S. telecoms transmit cell phone calls using 3 standards: a GSM variant, CDMA, and TDMA. Because these standards are not universal, SMS is more complicated, because potential message recievers may use a different system. So while it seems the market is there for the service, U.S. consumers continue to use pagers or email paging devices.

Services development, Statistical Data Included, Forecasts and trends, Industry trend, Messaging software, Data communications software

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