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Articles tagged with: Seven and Driving
Quarter of Americans Send Text Messages While Driving
..obile software developer, Vlingo has reported that Despite Driving While Texting (DWT) bans in seven states and the District of Columbia as well as reports of accidents caused by DWT, 26% of mobile phone users continue to text behind the wheel. more
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Sun Dial uses mobile phones to alert Muslims to prayer
.. determine the direction to face during prayer. Working with seven focus groups, they determined that the greatest interest from the participants lay in prompting them when it was time to pray - not by using text, which some commercial applicati more
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CIOs Can Cut 50 to 80 Percent of Communications Costs
..ogy marketplace from $2.2 trillion worldwide today to $4 trillion in just seven years. Hilton reinforced that moving to an Anywhere IT environment means getting more, not less, for users. "Features and functionality only increased with the new more
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Coalition Supports Bill to Ban Teenage Texting While Driving
.. states already prohibit teenagers from texting while driving and another seven states have a text messaging ban for drivers of all ages. "This legislation is a good first step," Hewes said in urging passage of the bill. "It is more
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Poll: Maybe Cell Phone Law Wasn't Such a Popular Idea
..dents understood the law was a secondary offense. Now, seven out of 10 are aware they can't be pulled over merely for talking on a cell phone. Additionally, 97 percent of those polled were aware that hand-held usage while driving is illegal. D more
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360 People Stopped for Driving While Chatting in UK County
..ch includes mobile phone safety, and seatbelt safety, are among the Seven Deadly Sins - seven keys areas identified by West Mercia Constabulary as significantly increasing the amount of deaths, injuries and collision on the forceĆ's roads. "To more
T-Mobile and AT&T Fail to Top any Regional Call Quality Reports
..ality Performance Study. The semi-annual study measures wireless call quality based on seven problem areas that impact overall carrier performance: dropped calls; static/interference; failed connection on the first try; voice distortion; ech more
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PrePay Subscribers Prefer Flat-Rate Tariff Plans
.., the study measures customer satisfaction with current prepaid wireless service across seven key factors. In order of importance, they are: call quality (24%); company image (19%); cost of service (17%); account management (15%); initial activ more
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UK Proposes 7 Years in Prison for Sending Text Messages While Driving
..offence being in the higher level of seriousness and offenders should serve up to seven years in prison. The definitive guideline covers four offences: causing death by dangerous driving, causing death by careless driving under the influence o more
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Poor User Experience Costing Tier 1 Operators $30 Million per Month
..nt mobile content revenues. The statistics, aggregated from pre and post deployment stats from seven tier one European operators, highlight the incremental revenue achieved from new and existing subscribers in offering an improved customer expe more
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