A few years ago, the team at Raleigh-based Republic Wireless, a low-cost wireless provider, faced one of today's most common parenting conundrums: They didn't feel like their own young kids were ready ...

The Relay is a walkie-talkie type product meant to help bridge the gap between kids and their parents. Rather than hand little Johnny or Suzie an addictive screen, the Relay lets parents keep tabs on ...

RALEIGH – Relay, creators of the screen-free, “smarter” phone for families, has launched a new product. It’s called Relay Pro, and according to the low-cost wireless provider, it’s going to ...

NEW YORK – As states grapple with COVID-19, a walkie-talkie device, originally designed for kids by Raleigh startup Relay, has become an unexpected hero in some intensive care units (ICU). Take New ...

Father of four, Chris Chuang has spent the past seven years contriving a solution to the psychological risks that smartphones pose to young children and earlier this year, he introduced concerned ...

I first heard about and took a look at Relay, a screenless phone for kids back in 2018. The small walkie-talkie device is incredibly simple and easy to use and made it easy to communicate with my own ...

Dish Network, which bought Raleigh-based Republic Wireless in March, has signed a multi-billion-dollar, 10-year contract with AT&T for wireless network services. CEO keeping device firm Relay in ...

History is littered with attempts to build a mobile phone for kids. There was a range of Japanese phones with cute ears, there has been the MyPhone, BeMilo and others. Dozens of them. And they all ...

In December, Republic Wireless announced Relay. The screen-less device is designed to take the place of smartphones that parents often buy for young kids. The thinking is that ditching a screen on the ...

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