In October 2009, 57 hard drives containing video and audio files related to coordination of care and eligibility telephone calls from providers and members were stolen from a leased facility in Chattanooga, Tenn. that formerly housed a BlueCross BlueShield call center. The video files were images from computer screens of BlueCross BlueShield customer service representatives [...]
An In-Stat survey asked 1,300 respondents, “What features are desired on your next phone?” The top three responses were better connectivity, better audio, and simplicity.
Here’s a rundown of what In-Stat found in its research:
Survey respondents expressed interest in more mainstream features, not “exotic” bells and whistles such as wearables, dual-screen, e-paper, or roll-out displays.
Digital cameras, [...]
Wireless carriers need to get ready for the next data explosion. A report by Strategy Analytics says mobile phones will generate almost 2.2 exabytes of data traffic by 2013—and that is excluding wireless PC cards and other cellular-enabled devices. Such volume of data is equivalent to watching more than 120,000 years of DVD-quality video, the [...]
Cell phone users in the United States contributed more than $10 million to Haitian earthquake relief through text messages in the first week after the earthquake hit. The Mobile Giving Foundation called it a “mobile-giving record” for funds raised for a single cause. Jim Manis, CEO of the foundation helping to manage cell phone donations, [...]
SilverPlume PL Rating, a part of the Verafore group of companies, has released Consumer Rate Quotes—an add-on module for its PL Rating multi-company quoting solution. This allows an agency to add the ability to provide multiple-carrier rate quotes for consumers directly from an agency’s Web site.
Consumer Rate Quotes enables agencies to:
Accelerate the buying decision process—Consumer [...]