Privacy blocks wireless directory

With more and more individuals (especially younger individuals) eschewing traditional POTS lines in favor of a cell phone-only strategy, a comprehensive directory of cell phone numbers takes on some importance. For better or for worse, though, privacy concerns and a collection of divergent state laws have made a national directory impossible. Now, Intelius, a Bellevue, Washington-based company, is offering subscriptions to a service that purports to provide just that elusive national directory. State officials in Washington and other jurisdictions are beginning to look at the service, and the CTIA is weighing in to urge the government to regulate this sort of subscription, but until things move further along the development path, most of us will have to read about it, rather than trying it for ourselves. Stay tuned for more directory news.

For more on Intelius and its challenges:
- read the whole story at WirelessWeek