Telemarketers won't have access to cellular database

There's been plenty of confusion -- and a lot of misinformation -- in recent days as an e-mail works its way around the Internet warning people about a directory of cell phone numbers that will be released to telemarketers on Jan. 1.
Just so you know: The e-mail information is absolutely false.
What's true: A Portland, Ore., company called Qsent will start compiling cell phone numbers for a 411 directory system Jan. 1.
But telemarketers will not have access to the database of cell phone numbers. There is no deadline to register your number on the federal government's do-not-call list. And your name and number will not be added to the database unless you want it to be -- and even then, it won't be listed in a book anywhere and certainly won't be handed over to telemarketers, said Greg Keene, chief privacy officer for Qsent.