At the end of this year the entertainment and communication giant Disney is to put a stop to its cell phone service, the company has announced.
Those signed up to the service will be able to keep on using it until December 31st, Disney stated. It is not yet known the number of staff that will be slashed as a result of the cancellation of the service, though 120 staff will be affected. Disney has said it is trying to find them jobs in other departments. Steve Wadsworth, president of the Walt Disney Internet Group, stated: "We decided that changing strategies was a better alternative to pursue profitable growth in the mobile services area."
One of the more popular capabilities that the Disney service offered parents was the ability to track the location of a young person carrying a phone. How and where the phone was used could also be controlled.
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