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About 3 percent of smart-phone users account for 40 percent of thetraffic on AT&T's network which might lead to new pricing tiersto curb heavy use by customers.The days of the unlimited data plan for all carriers could be numbered, several analysts predict.

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NZ regulator backs off mobile phone charge rules (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)

WELLINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - New Zealand's competition regulator said on Monday that price controls should not be imposed on the cost of connecting to competing mobile phone services.

Mother's cell phone call brings help for daughter trapped in burning West Linn residence (The Oregonian)

The mother's cell phone call alerted firefighters that another person was still in the residence. While responders began medical treatment on the victim, other crews pulled hoses into the residence and quickly extinguished the flames.