My cell phone is kept turned off except when I'm making a call, which is
rare.  I use it strictly for emergencies.

Joy

You CAN sign your cell phone number(s) up for the "do not call" list - no
matter who the provider, if it's on the list, they have to abide by it.  I
put all the cell phone #'s we have, plus my mother's, and mother-in-law's
numbers on the Indiana no-call list when it was available, then added to the
*national* no-call list when it was available.

I don't think that's true.  The FCC still prohibits telemarketers from
calling your cell phone.  Telemarketers can't call your cell phone
without your permission.

Sherry

I hope it's more effective with "normal" telemarketers than
it was with political calls during California's Primary
elections a couple weeks ago!  I was tempted to start
telling some of them "I WAS going to vote for your
candidate, but after receiving so many nuisance calls asking
me to, I've decided to vot for the other guy!"  (Except most
of the calls were recorded messages by various celebrities.)

Don't you have to PAY for incoming calls to your cell-phone?
 Bad enough you furnish the fax paper and toner when people
use your fax machine to send advertising, but I'd REALLY
rage at the caller if they used MY cell-phone minutes to try
to sell me something!

Here is what  I have been able to find out so far (which at least
sounds better):

It will not go into effect until early next year if it ever does go
into effect.

There will be no phone book published of these numbers.

A consortium of five of the six major wireless carriers -- Cingular
Wireless, Nextel, Sprint, AT&T Wireless and T-Mobile -- is moving
forward with plans to create a national "411" service of all of their
mobile-phone subscribers. Only Verizon Wireless thus far is refusing to
participate. Go Verizon!

Last week, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chairman of the Senate Committee
on Commerce, Science and Transportation, took up the matter. He sent a
letter to the chief executive officers of the five companies, demanding
answers.

"If you offer wireless directory services, will your subscribers be
given a choice of whether to have their numbers listed in a directory
or not?" McCain inquired in the Sept. 15 letter, a copy of which was
provided to UPI by the senator's staff. "Do you plan to charge
subscribers to keep their wireless numbers unlisted?" he also asked.

Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, McCain's counterpart in the House of
Representatives, co-signed the letter.

The companies that responded to the queries stated they will only list
the mobile-phone numbers of customers who "opt-in" to the database, and
will not charge a fee to those who do not want to be listed, according
to letters reviewed by UPI."Protecting our customer privacy is one of
our highest priorities, and this commitment is reflected in our
approach to wireless 411," said John D. Zeglis, chairman and CEO of
AT&T Wireless in a letter dated Sept. 23.

The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, the
industry's trade group, is backing the national wireless-411 concept
enthusiastically. The group said any eventual directory assistance
database will be built to provide more protection to consumers than
even the Federal Trade Commission's do-not call list.

"A consumer will have the only say in whether their number will be made
available in the database," CTIA spokesman John Walls told UPI.

Cell phones are banned from being called by telemarketers by the FCC.
See here for more details:
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/truthaboutcellphones.html

Here are excerpts from the fcc document:

Here Are the Facts:

Establishing a wireless 411 directory is only in the idea stage, at
present.

Even if a wireless 411 directory is established, most telemarketing
calls to cell phones would still be illegal. For example, it is
unlawful for any person to make any call (other than a call made for
emergency purposes or made with express prior consent) using any
automatic telephone dialing system or any artificial or prerecorded
voice to any telephone number assigned to a paging service, mobile
telephone service, or any service for which the called party is charged
for the call. This prohibition applies regardless of whether the number
is listed on the Federal Government's National Do-Not-Call Registry.

Contrary to what some of the e-mail campaigns are now saying, the
Federal Government does not maintain and is not establishing a separate
Do-Not-Call Registry for mobile phones. The FCC and the Federal Trade
Commission set up the National Do-Not-Call Registry to enable consumers
to reduce the number of unwanted telemarketing calls to their phones.
The Registry covers both traditional (wired) and wireless (mobile)
phones. The Registry is nationwide in scope and applies to all
telemarketers, with the exception of certain non-profit organizations.
Personal cell phone users have always been able to add their numbers to
the National Do-Not-Call Registry either online at  www.donotcall.gov
or by calling toll-free at 1-888-382-1222 from the telephone number
they wish to register. Registrations become effective within 31 days of
signing up and are active for five years.  There is no cut-off date or
deadline for registrations.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

A bunch of crap.