WASHINGTON – The cell phone industry hopes to have a directory for wireless phone numbers by the end of this year, but privacy advocates, lawmakers and some industry officials worry that consumers ...

Chicago, IL, USA / ACCESSWIRE / June 19th, 2014 / “There are dozens of online reverse cell phone lookup services. However, the majority of them are outdated, erroneous and expensive” says Will Madison ...

2004-05-21 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- Mobile phones, once immune to telemarketers and e-mail spammers, could become as vulnerable as home phone lines and computer inboxes when a wireless subscriber ...

NEW YORK -- Intelius Inc., a startup that launched online directory assistance for cell-phone numbers, has shut down the service after complaints from consumers and Verizon Wireless. Intelius had 90 ...

"We get enough people calling us now, and here we are putting our numbers out for more people to start harassing us,'' said Susan LePage, owner of the Irish Gypsy in the Hager Arcade. "I use it for ...

I’m going to sign up our family cell phone for the new wireless phone directory, and I’ll wager we won’t receive a single unwanted call. Why not? Because the directory is now slated to have all the ...

An online directory that claims to provide 90 million mobile telephone numbers is raising concerns among cell phone users and privacy advocates about unwanted callers who rack up the minutes on their ...

A company that once boasted of creating an online directory of 90 million mobile telephone numbers, and drew fire from cell phone users and privacy advocates for it, said Friday it has stopped the ...

How about a Wiki that lists cell-phone numbers (for all who want to be included)? Our colleague Peter Elstrom (below) offers the idea. To avoid telemarketers or spammers, he proposes that members ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Consumer backlash against the creation of a 411 directory of cell-phone numbers this year may have weakened it to the point that it will be useless by the time it comes out, some ...