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 ...

Consumers' passion for privacy in California and other Western states could signal an uphill battle for the proponents of a national cell phone directory. Already, slightly more than a third of ...

Wireless telephone carriers might begin later this year asking customers to list their cell phone numbers in a national 411 directory. And while carriers have vowed to allow customers to opt in or ...

Dear Action Line: I was reading the Action Line column about cell-phone directories. Is it true that cell-phone numbers are going public tomorrow, that all cell-phone numbers are being released to ...

The Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota is warning consumers of a scam involving e-mails urging people to contact a "do not call" list for their cell-phone numbers. The e-mails tell ...

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, blasted a plan to create a national cell phone directory, saying it would give telemarketers the chance to inundate consumers with unsolicited calls and text messages. The ...

Like a lot of people who grew up with cell phones, I’ve had the same number since I got my first flip phone. The digits got me through high school, college, and several stints studying and working ...

Bowing to pressure from consumers and Verizon, Washington-based information commerce company Intelius has announced that it will shut down its online cell phone directory. Bowing to pressure from ...

Consumer Reports surveyed its readers, and US Mobile came out on top. T-Mobile had the best ratings of the big providers; ...