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	How we found out Chicago tickets cellphone users more often - ‎Nov 10, 2011‎ Thursday's story on drivers ticketed for using cellphones in Chicago started when I was working on a story for the RedEye about digital addiction. People feel lost without their smart phones. They use them to call, text, update their Facebook status ...	Details

	Consumer advocates ring alarm over robocalls to cellphones - 10 Nov, 2011 Since 1991, autodialers and artificial or prerecorded voice messages to cellphones have generally been outlawed unless the consumer gave express consent, with few exceptions. The bill, introduced in September, would change that. ...	Details
	Ind. AG will testify against cellphone bill - ‎Nov 2, 2011‎ The Republican-backed bill being considered in the US House would allow telemarketers and debt collectors to start dialing residents' cellphones and, if approved, would override Indiana's "Do Not Call" law and lead to a flood of robocalls to people's ...	Details
	Ind. AG will testify against cellphone bill - ‎Nov 2, 2011‎ The Republican-backed bill being considered in the US House would allow telemarketers and debt collectors to start dialing residents' cellphones and, if approved, would override Indiana's "Do Not Call" law and lead to a flood of robocalls to people's ...	Details
	3 charged in mugging in which cellphone was returned - 3 Nov, 2011 A man and two boys have been charged in connection with a South Shore street mugging of a 63-year-old man that ended strangely with one of the man's assailants returning his cellphone to him. ...	Details
	More serious charges in works for woman cited for texting while driving - 14 Oct, 2011 Though all traffic tickets have been dropped against a Buffalo Grove woman who authorities say caused a fatal crash after checking her cellphone, prosecutors say the move clears the way for potentially ...	Details
	Super Bowl prompting more bandwith for stadium - ‎Oct 3, 2011‎ AP Cellphone companies say they're working to expand the data bandwith for wireless devices that will be available around Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis ahead of February's Super Bowl. Verizon Wireless engineering director Eric Mann tells the ...	Details
	Super Bowl prompting more bandwidth for stadium - 4 Oct, 2011 AP Cellphone companies have started working to expand the data bandwidth for wireless devices that will be available around Lucas Oil Stadium ahead of February's Super Bowl. The project is needed because of the increased bandwidth demand expected at ...	Details
	Wired for overregulation - 4 Sep, 2011 It wants T-Mobile for the cellphone towers and wireless spectrum that AT&T needs to overcome the lousy reputation of its network. Besides upgrading performance, it says the merger will allow a $40 billion reduction in costs �" which in a functioning ...	Details
	Neb., Iowa ACLU chapters seek cell-tracking info - ‎Aug 3, 2011‎ The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the largest law enforcement agencies in Nebraska and Iowa to disclose whether they track people using cellphone location data. The issue of law enforcement's use of GPS -- found in many ...	Details
	Smartphone users paying too much for unused data, CUB says - ‎Jul 26, 2011‎ CUB released an analysis of smartphone data plans based on information gathered through its Cellphone Saver, an online service where consumers can upload their wireless bills and get advice on how to save money. The tool has analyzed about 19000 bills ...	Details
	Man fatally shot by police was holding cellphone - 8 Jun, 2011 Chicago police responding to a domestic dispute this morning shot and killed a man after he refused to drop an object that turned out to be a cellphone, officials say. Flint Farmer, 29, was running away ran from a home in theEnglewood neighborhood on ...	Details
	Animal Kingdom wins Derby - 8 May, 2011 At first glance, the products look innocent enough that any child would probably want to play with them: a miniature blue submarine, a cellphone lookalike complete with antenna, a plastic gun with blue and red flashing lights. ...	Details
	Survey: More Illinoisans shunning landline phones - ‎Apr 20, 2011‎ In the rest of Illinois, an estimated 22 percent of adults live in households with only cellphones. States with the highest percentage of cellphone-only use are Arkansas and Mississippi, where an estimated 35 percent of adults have cellphones only.	Details
	Victims' families push for tougher laws on distracted driving - 22 Apr, 2011 Matthew Wilhelm was riding his bicycle near Urbana when a car driven by a teenager downloading ring tones to her cellphone struck him. He died days later from severe brain juries. ...	Details
	Survey: More Illinoisans shunning landline phones - ‎Apr 20, 2011‎ In the rest of Illinois, an estimated 22 percent of adults live in households with only cellphones. States with the highest percentage of cellphone-only use are Arkansas and Mississippi, where an estimated 35 percent of adults have cellphones only.	Details
	Victims' families push for tougher laws on distracted driving - 22 Apr, 2011 Matthew Wilhelm was riding his bicycle near Urbana when a car driven by a teenager downloading ring tones to her cellphone struck him. He died days later from severe brain juries. ...	Details
	1 in 4 Wis. adults ditch landlines for cellphone - 20 Apr, 2011 A federal report finds that more Wisconsin residents are ditching their landlines in favor of a cellphone. The report was released Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics. It finds that 25 percent of Wisconsin adults ...	Details
	Stolen cellphone led to attacker, prosecutors say - 30 Mar, 2011 Records from a cellphone stolen from a man found beaten and sexually assaulted in Grant Park led police to a 45-year-old parolee, prosecutors said in court Tuesday. Police traced calls made from the phone to a man who ...	Details
	Watchdog group says cellphone users overcharged - 11 Oct, 2010 AP As more people go wireless for telephone needs, the Citizens Utility Board says Illinois cell phone users are paying for calling time and services they ...	Details

Cellphone News - "Chicago Tribune" category

How we found out Chicago tickets cellphone users more often - ‎Nov 10, 2011‎

Thursday's story on drivers ticketed for using cellphones in Chicago started when I was working on a story for the RedEye about digital addiction. People feel lost without their smart phones. They use them to call, text, update their Facebook status ...

Consumer advocates ring alarm over robocalls to cellphones - 10 Nov, 2011

Since 1991, autodialers and artificial or prerecorded voice messages to cellphones have generally been outlawed unless the consumer gave express consent, with few exceptions. The bill, introduced in September, would change that. ...

Ind. AG will testify against cellphone bill - ‎Nov 2, 2011‎

The Republican-backed bill being considered in the US House would allow telemarketers and debt collectors to start dialing residents' cellphones and, if approved, would override Indiana's "Do Not Call" law and lead to a flood of robocalls to people's ...

Ind. AG will testify against cellphone bill - ‎Nov 2, 2011‎

The Republican-backed bill being considered in the US House would allow telemarketers and debt collectors to start dialing residents' cellphones and, if approved, would override Indiana's "Do Not Call" law and lead to a flood of robocalls to people's ...

3 charged in mugging in which cellphone was returned - 3 Nov, 2011

A man and two boys have been charged in connection with a South Shore street mugging of a 63-year-old man that ended strangely with one of the man's assailants returning his cellphone to him. ...

More serious charges in works for woman cited for texting while driving - 14 Oct, 2011

Though all traffic tickets have been dropped against a Buffalo Grove woman who authorities say caused a fatal crash after checking her cellphone, prosecutors say the move clears the way for potentially ...

Super Bowl prompting more bandwith for stadium - ‎Oct 3, 2011‎

AP Cellphone companies say they're working to expand the data bandwith for wireless devices that will be available around Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis ahead of February's Super Bowl. Verizon Wireless engineering director Eric Mann tells the ...

Super Bowl prompting more bandwidth for stadium - 4 Oct, 2011

AP Cellphone companies have started working to expand the data bandwidth for wireless devices that will be available around Lucas Oil Stadium ahead of February's Super Bowl. The project is needed because of the increased bandwidth demand expected at ...

Wired for overregulation - 4 Sep, 2011

It wants T-Mobile for the cellphone towers and wireless spectrum that AT&T needs to overcome the lousy reputation of its network. Besides upgrading performance, it says the merger will allow a $40 billion reduction in costs �" which in a functioning ...

Neb., Iowa ACLU chapters seek cell-tracking info - ‎Aug 3, 2011‎

The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the largest law enforcement agencies in Nebraska and Iowa to disclose whether they track people using cellphone location data. The issue of law enforcement's use of GPS -- found in many ...

Smartphone users paying too much for unused data, CUB says - ‎Jul 26, 2011‎

CUB released an analysis of smartphone data plans based on information gathered through its Cellphone Saver, an online service where consumers can upload their wireless bills and get advice on how to save money. The tool has analyzed about 19000 bills ...

Man fatally shot by police was holding cellphone - 8 Jun, 2011

Chicago police responding to a domestic dispute this morning shot and killed a man after he refused to drop an object that turned out to be a cellphone, officials say. Flint Farmer, 29, was running away ran from a home in theEnglewood neighborhood on ...

Animal Kingdom wins Derby - 8 May, 2011

At first glance, the products look innocent enough that any child would probably want to play with them: a miniature blue submarine, a cellphone lookalike complete with antenna, a plastic gun with blue and red flashing lights. ...

Survey: More Illinoisans shunning landline phones - ‎Apr 20, 2011‎

In the rest of Illinois, an estimated 22 percent of adults live in households with only cellphones. States with the highest percentage of cellphone-only use are Arkansas and Mississippi, where an estimated 35 percent of adults have cellphones only.

Victims' families push for tougher laws on distracted driving - 22 Apr, 2011

Matthew Wilhelm was riding his bicycle near Urbana when a car driven by a teenager downloading ring tones to her cellphone struck him. He died days later from severe brain juries. ...

Survey: More Illinoisans shunning landline phones - ‎Apr 20, 2011‎

In the rest of Illinois, an estimated 22 percent of adults live in households with only cellphones. States with the highest percentage of cellphone-only use are Arkansas and Mississippi, where an estimated 35 percent of adults have cellphones only.

Victims' families push for tougher laws on distracted driving - 22 Apr, 2011

Matthew Wilhelm was riding his bicycle near Urbana when a car driven by a teenager downloading ring tones to her cellphone struck him. He died days later from severe brain juries. ...

1 in 4 Wis. adults ditch landlines for cellphone - 20 Apr, 2011

A federal report finds that more Wisconsin residents are ditching their landlines in favor of a cellphone. The report was released Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics. It finds that 25 percent of Wisconsin adults ...

Stolen cellphone led to attacker, prosecutors say - 30 Mar, 2011

Records from a cellphone stolen from a man found beaten and sexually assaulted in Grant Park led police to a 45-year-old parolee, prosecutors said in court Tuesday. Police traced calls made from the phone to a man who ...

Watchdog group says cellphone users overcharged - 11 Oct, 2010

AP As more people go wireless for telephone needs, the Citizens Utility Board says Illinois cell phone users are paying for calling time and services they ...

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