In 2005 manufacturers sold more than 800 million new cell phones. Analysts and vendors say 2006 will be a better year for new cell phone sales. With all these new cell phones being sold, what happens to the old ones?

Ocala, FL (PRWEB) January 19, 2006 -- Last year, according to the Consumer Electronics Association, U.S. consumers purchased some 104 million cell phones for a total of $13.5 billion. Over the next 18 months those cell phones...

OCALA, Fla. November 30, 2005 -- CellForCash.com, a web site that pays cash for old, unwanted cell phones, announced today that 2005 phone purchases have passed the $1 million mark, the first time that annual purchases have surpassed the million dollar mark.

(PRWEB) November 21, 2005 -- CellForCash.com, a web site that pays cash for old, unwanted cell phones, announced today it will increase the price it pays for more than 350 cell phone models, effective immediately..

OCALA, Fla. (PRCUBE November 18, 2005 -- CellForCash.com, a web site that pays cash for old, unwanted cell phones, announced today it will pay $1 for every phone that sellers send in with the valuable phones that it agrees to buy.

OCALA, FL (PRWEB) November 4, 2005 -- CellForCash.com, a Web site that pays cash for old, unwanted cell phones, has purchased more than 200,000 used cell phones since it was founded just three years ago, the site’s parent company announced today.

OCALA, FL (PRWEB) November 3, 2005 -- Worldwide shipments of new cell phones exceeded 208 million units during the third quarter of 2005, a new record for cell phones sales in a quarter. But experts worry that all those new phones could lead to environmental problems as people discard their old cell phones.

RMS Communications Group Inc. Partners with the National Association of Triads to Provide Cell Phones for Senior Safety

Ocala, FL November 12, 2005 -- RMS Communications Group Inc., one of the nation’s leading recyclers and re-marketers of used cell phones, announced today it will partner with the National Association of Triads, Inc. (N.A.T.I.) to help provide 911 emergency cell phones for senior citizens.

Larry Fulkerson Named Director of Business Development for RMS Communications Group Inc.

OCALA, FL (PRWEB) October 20, 2005 -- Larry Fulkerson has been named
director of business development by RMS Communications Group Inc., an industry leader in cell phone recycling.

RMS Teams with Colleyville, Texas Police to Help Seniors, Crime Victims by Collecting and Distributing 911 Cell Phones

Ocala, FL (PRWEB) October 13, 2005 -- RMS Communications Group Inc., a leading recycler and re-marketer of old cell phones, said today it is partnering with the Colleyville, Texas Police Department to raise funds and provide free emergency cell phones for local crime victims and senior citizens.

OCALA, Fla. (PRWEB) October 13, 2005 -- Effective Oct. 1, King County, Wash. no longer allows residents to put out old cell phones, or other electronic devices, for regular trash pickup. Officials say the county’s Cedar Hill Landfill could become contaminated by the toxic heavy metals that exist in cell phones, computers and other electronic items.

OCALA, FL (PRWEB) October 2, 2005 -- Conrad Melancon, hired by RMS Communications Group Inc. in January as director of business development, has been promoted to vice president of sales and marketing, the company announced today.

Want a free cellular phone?
You can have it, but there’s a catch — it’s only good for 9-1-1.
The Morris Police Department, teaming up RMS Communication Group’s 9-1-1 Cell Phone Program, plans to donate free cell phones to qualifying residents.

OCALA, FL (PRWEB) September 17, 2005 -- RMS Communications Group Inc., one of the nation’s largest recyclers and re-marketers of old cell phones, announced today it will partner with the Lee County, Fla. Sheriff’s Department to raise funds for law enforcement officers dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Fans can receive a free upper-level ticket to TCU's Sept. 15 football home opener with Utah by simply turning in an old working cell phone the night of the game.

OCALA, Fla. (PRWEB) September 2, 2005 -- CellForCash.com, a website that pays cash for old cell phones, announced today it will give customers the option of sending 100 percent of the proceeds of their cell phone sales to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Ocala, Fla. (PRWEB) August 28, 2005 -- CellForCash.com announced today it will award a Firefly cell phone or $100 in cash to the winner of its monthly website drawing. Firefly cell phones are designed specifically for kids in the 8-to-12 age group.

The Suwannee Valley Victims Assistance Coalition (SVVAC) has partnered with RMS Communications Group, Inc. of Ocala to raise funds and provide free emergency phones to local victims of crime and abuse.

OCALA, Fla. (PRWEB) July 28, 2005 -- With mobile phone sales projected to exceed one billion by 2009, the challenge of what to do with the old handsets they replace becomes more critical, the president of a company that recycles and re-markets old cell phones said today.

The Federal Environmental Protection Agency and the State of California have both released a study that classifies old cell phones as hazardous waste, but consumers and companies can turn in old phones for cash and solve the problem.