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MyRapidMD, a personal mobile content developer, is announcing the release of Emergency Service Profile (ESP) v2 for cell phones.

The proprietary ESP application allows users to create their own Emergency Service Profile installed on their cell phone. The potentially lifesaving feature can provide first responders at the scene of an accident access to your photo identification and information that could be crucial in treating the emergency situation, and this can be done without a service connection.

Sirius Satellite Radio received approval from the Justice Department to purchase XM Satellite Radio for $5 billion. Determining the deal would not hurt consumers or competition, the Justice Department approved without conditions the deal which will now go before the Federal Communications Commission for approval.

The proposed buyout is facing opposition from consumer groups as well as the land-based radio industry which has been lobbying to stop the merger.

A new VoIP service provider which launched in Australia last month has introduced a novel way of looking at VoIP service provision. Rather than setting rock solid rates and forcing customers to use its preferred network partners, Antratel takes a different approach.

Subscribers in Beaumont, Texas will be the first of Time Warner’s Internet customers to be billed based on bandwidth usage, rather than a flat fee.

Apple, Inc. unveiled several new iPhone features Tuesday along with an ultra-slim notebook, and an online movie rental service targeting portable devices and televisions.

Becoming the world’s first handheld casino, Hop-On, Inc. introduced the GSM/CDMA Dual Mode PDA 2001 model late last month.