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Articles tagged with: Union and Health
ITU sees 5 billion mobile subscriptions globally in 2010
After reaching around 4.6 billion mobile cellular subscriptions by the end of 2009, the International Telecoms union (ITU) says that it expects the number of mobile cellular subscriptions globally to reach five billion in 2010, driven by advanced services and handsets in developed countries and increased take-up of mobile health services and mobile banking in the developing world. more
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Invest in High Speed Internet, Says Scholar to African Leaders
Deliberations are underway in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa ahead of Sunday's 14th Ordinary Summit of the African union heads of state. more
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Nokia Still Tops Greenpeace Green Rating Chart
Apple, Sony Ericsson and Nokia have done well in Greenpeace's updated Guide to Greener Electronics, while Samsung, Dell, Lenovo and LGE disappoint. The Greenpeace report says that Apple, Sony Ericsson and Nokia lead the way for product ranges free of the worst hazardous substances with HP following their lead. HP just released the Compaq 8000f Elite business desktop, its first completely PVC and BFR free product, at CES 2010. more
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4.6 billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2009
The International Telecoms union (ITU) is reporting that mobile growth is continuing unabated, with global mobile subscriptions expected to reach 4.6 billion by the end of the year, and mobile broadband subscriptions to top 600 million in 2009, having overtaken fixed broadband subscribers in 2008. more
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Study into mobile phone health risks for adolescents
Professor Malcolm Sim, a researcher at Australia's Monash University has joined a major new international study into mobile phone use and brain cancer risk in young people. Professor Sim, based at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, said the study would assess any potential brain cancer risks associated with the use of mobile phones by children and teenagers. more
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Satellite Operators Welcome Plans for International Harmonisation of Radio Spectrum
The European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA) has welcomed the result of the Telecoms Council vote on the Telecoms Package especially in regard to the provisions that call for coordination and harmonisation with international regulation and the exceptions to technology and service neutrality. The Telecoms Council also recognised the fact that radio frequencies are a public good that has an important social, cultural and economic value. more
Related Tags: itu, eu, satellite, borders, blind, digital-divide, emergency, parliament
Verizon, Alltel Merger Brings Questions About Worker Health
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers wants the Federal Communications Commission to require Verizon Communications and Alltel to adopt a nationwide safety program protecting people from harmful radio frequencies as a condition of their proposed merger. more
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UPDATE: Verizon 2Q Net Up 12%; Wireless Offsets Weak DSL
.. strike already. Several thousand CWA members staged a demonstration in front of the Verizon headquarters in downtown Manhattan on Saturday, blanketing the streets in a sea of red shirts and protest signs seeking better health care and job sec more
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Union Calls for Cancer Research into Semiconductor Workers
The UK labour union, Unite has called on the UK's semiconductor industry to fund research into claims that workers suffer from a higher incidence of cancer than the general population. The union, in particular, wants the industry to institute the research proposed by a UK government study published in 2005. more
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Teachers want Mobile Phones Treated as Offensive Weapons
The UK teachers union, the NASUWT is calling on the government to categorise mobile phones as "potentially offensive weapons" when on school property. The rather extreme moves comes from the increase in pupils taking photos of teachers and uploading them to social networking websites such as MySpace and Bebo. At a meeting of the DfES Cyber bullying Task Group the union pressed for the proposals it has already put to Ministers to combat these activities to be taken forward. more
Related Tags: social-networking, bullying, school
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