FORT PIERRE, S.D. -- Johnny Smith has a new digital cell phone, but he relies on an older, analog bag phone when he travels the wide-open spaces in the western part of the state to line up cattle for ...

For most of us, the good ‘ol (and we mean ‘ol) “mobile” bag phone is a technological relic, if not a good punch line when your friend’s super cool/tiny digital cell doesn’t work (“Why didn’t you just ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Federal regulators should soften requirements for switching to digital cellular telephones because older analog phones are still needed for service in rural areas, a South Dakota ...

A study in Sweden has found that 10-year users of analog mobile phones have about twice as much chance of developing acoustic neuroma than the average person. The acoustic neuroma are benign tumors on ...

NEW YORK — When Adele Rothman bought her 16-year-old son a car in 2003, she made sure to pick one that had OnStar, the onboard communications and safety system. What the Scarsdale, N.Y., resident didn ...

For years, Rochester police have handed out discarded cell phones to be used as emergency lifelines for people in need. Now they are trying to get word out to those very same people that the phones ...

According to James Soukup, director of Durham Emergency Communications Center (DECC), more than one million cell phone users across the United States will lose phone service and access to 911 on ...