Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Update: This ...

Starting next year, Apple and other cell phone manufacturers will begin selling data-enabled phones in Europe that have standard for cell phone chargers. Marguerite Reardon Former senior reporter ...

Everyone who has a cell phone has, somewhere, a drawer filled with old chargers from long-gone handsets. Those days soon will come to an end in Europe, where all the top mobile phone producers have ...

If you’re like the rest of us, you’ve got a pile of chargers left over from retired cell phones. You can’t use them with your new phone, but finding an innovative way of recycling the tangled up mass ...

Europeans might soon have an easier time finding the right charging cords for each of their devices. The European Parliament approved a measure Tuesday that would require all cellphones and other ...

Cell phone makers Tuesday pledged to introduce a universal charger for handsets by 2012. Under the scheme, phone makers have pledged that a majority of new handset models will include the universal ...

When I saw the GSM Association and a bevy of big partners were working on a universal phone charger I was giddy. I have drawer full of chargers and always have at least two in my backpack. Just think ...

An initiative backed by both mobile phone manufacturers and operators will result in a universal charger based on the Micro-USB interface for new mobile phones. Moving to a universal charger will be a ...

Get a new mobile phone — and toss yet another old, incompatible phone charger. The GSMA mobile phone industry association promises to make that wasteful practice a thing of the past. The group on ...