Health claims cause turmoil in the cellular-phone market

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Motorola Inc shares have declined 20 percent on the stock market and McCaw Cellular Communications Inc shares 15 percent since a Florida man claimed his wife's terminal brain cancer was due to cellular telephone use on national television the week of Jan 18, 1993. McCaw shares dropped $3.375 on Jan 29 alone. Motorola is the larger manufacturer of the phones, and McCaw is the largest cellular service provider. While cellular companies insist that there is no scientific basis for considering the phones unsafe, investors are worried that the public will remain skeptical of their safety and lose enthusiasm for the devices. Television talk shows are inciting concern over the effects of exposure to all electromagnetic fields, not just those produced by cellular telephone antennas. Currently 10 million US residents use the phones, and 7,000 more were buying them each day before the scare began.

Semiconductors and related devices, Radiotelephone communications, Television broadcasting stations, Radio & TV communications equipment, Health aspects, Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, Cellular telephone services industry, Cellular telephone services, Securities, Wall Street, Cellular telephone equipment industry, Motorola Inc., MOT, AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Companies, Cellular Radio, Mobile Phones, Stock, Medical Issues, Market Value, MCWA, Volatility

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Tiny fax sends (don't ask it to receive)

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RTS Electronics Inc's $400 Pocket Faxxer fax machine is able to send messages to pagers and beepers, function as a clock and calculator, and dial into electronic mail services. Because it is paperless, it can not receive messages. The Pocket Faxxer measures 3 by 5 inches; its miniature size is chiefly due to its lack of a printer. The product's keyboard follows an alphabetical design and users will have to laboriously type in their messages. RTS Electronics officials acknowledge that the mini machine is difficult to use but they believe that it will find a market among cellular telephone and pager users. A newer version that is being developed will have a five-line display and a typewriter-like keyboard.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Product information, Telecommunications equipment industry, Design and construction, Fax equipment, Facsimile equipment, Miniaturization, Fax Device, Fax machines, RTS Electronics Inc., RTS Electronics Pocket Faxxer (Facsimile transceiver)

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