• 2015-08-13

Taxpayers have forked out $17 million on cellphone jamming technology for prisons – but inmates continue to be caught with increasing numbers of contraband mobile phones. Despite a network blocking system designed to stop Mt Eden prisoners using cellphones, footage of a "fight club" found its way ou...

• 2015-08-05

While the country may have got 4G LTE as early as 2011, networks in the Philippines aren't as fast as other Asian countries. OpenSignal's latest report on LTE looks towards the Philippines, and while the country has had 4G LTE since 2011, speeds still lag far behind other Asian high-tech hubs such a...

• 2015-07-28

Prices for 4G smartphone chip solutions, which have fallen about 40% so far in 2015, will continue their downward trend in the second half of the year. Prices will fall an overall 50% for 2015, according to industry sources. The price decline of an estimated 50% in one year shows fierce competition ...

• 2015-07-16

The price war between wireless carriers maybe cooling off, but their war of words still rages on. AT&T, the nation's second-largest wireless carrier by subscriber base, will fire the next shot with a new campaign promoting its latest claim, "strongest 4G LTE signal," featuring basketball legends...

• 2015-07-10

SAN DIEGO, July 06, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk. (TELKOM), the largest telecommunications services company in Indonesia, has selected Kratos’ satID...

• 2015-07-06

June 11, 2015: The jammer threat to GPS devises is nothing new and requires constant attention. The U.S. Department of Defense has already bought over 200,000 anti-jamming systems for JDAM and other weapons that use GPS guidance. It’s been known since the 1990s that GPS signals are easy to jam and t...

• 2015-06-29

The Election Commission has banned use of mobile phones inside polling stations in the Lok Sabha elections but has allowed use of SMSes by polling staff for sending reports to the election authorities. "Use of mobile phone within the polling station is prohibited. You, as Presiding Officer or your f...

• 2015-06-25

CANBERRA, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Australians could soon be able to use their mobile phones in flight after the latest ruling from the national communications watchdog, local media reported on Friday. Phones were banned on board flights because of their potential to interfere with navigational equipment...

• 2015-06-18

Motorists in Schertz no longer will be able to use their cell phones while driving after City Council adopted a ban at its June 9 meeting. The council voted 3-1 to approve an ordinance that prohibits drivers from using handheld wireless devices to make calls, text, view or take pictures, or play gam...

• 2015-06-12

Measure passes by a 3-2 vote, paving the way for lifting the ban. Ultimately though, the Transportation Department gets final say. The Federal Communications Commission took the first step toward removing regulations that ban phone calls while in flight. But FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler emphasized that ...