• 2016-01-25

Tired of being told not to use your smartphone on a commercial flight? There's good news. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to lift the long-running and often criticized ban on in-flight cell / smartphone use. The FCC voted 3-2 in favor of ditching the measure late last week. But...

• 2016-01-19

A persistent death row inmate in Texas could trigger a change in federal law allowing state and local governments to jam cell phone calls. After an allegedly threatening call to a state senator led to the discovery that inmates had made thousands of calls on cell phones, which are banned in nearly a...

• 2016-01-12

KEMPSEY Prison is understood to be in line for the latest piece of technology designed to win the battle against contraband being smuggled into and passed around inside the  state’s Corrective Services institutions. The first BOSS (Body Orifice Security Scanner) Chair in a New South Wales priso...

• 2016-01-05

India has celebrated its 63rd Republic Day showing off its latest weapons at a military parade in the capital, Delhi. Thousands of people turned up at Rajpath (King's Avenue) to watch the colourful parade amid tight security. More than 25,000 policemen and paramilitary forces guarded the streets of ...

• 2015-12-29

4G Americas, the industry trade association and voice of 5G for the Americas, today announced that Tom Keathley, Senior Vice President, Wireless Network Architecture & Design at AT&T, has been elected to serve as the 2016 Chairman of the 4G Americas Board of Governors. The Board has also re-...

• 2015-12-22

Vodafone India will increase the intensity of its 4G services rollout and by March 2016 it will be launched in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata, a statement said here on Monday. "Vodafone will increase the intensity of its 4G rollout covering important metros -- Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolk...

• 2015-12-16

Outdoor pursuits enthusiasts have been warned about military jamming of GPS services during UK-led Nato war games later this month. The Mountaineering Council of Scotland has flagged up information from communications watchdog Ofcom about the denial of GPS during Joint Warrior. Jammers will be in pl...

• 2015-12-07

4G Americas, the industry trade association and voice of 5G for the Americas, today announced that LTE-Advanced has been commercially deployed on 100 networks worldwide in 49 countries. The first LTE-Advanced networks were deployed in South Korea in June 2013 and utilized Carrier Aggregation which h...

• 2015-12-01

The roll-out of high-speed mobile connectivity in Africa and India is demonstrating yet again how emerging economies can leapfrog traditional developmental stages to accelerate their economic growth. Governments in these countries are betting that faster 4G internet connections over the airwaves, ra...

• 2015-11-25

A mobile phone mast in Telford will be upgraded to cater for 4G service demands after the plans were backed by councillors. Members of Telford & Wrekin Council’s planning committee approved proposals to replace the mast in Dawley Green Way, Dawley Bank. The phone mast would be used by Vodafone a...