• 2016-03-08

Mobile phones may have brought instant communication within the reach of all, but they are also fast turning into a global killer, accounting for 20 percent of fatal road accidents worldwide annually, half of which are on Indian highways alone. Pioneering new technology, developed by Abdul Shabeer, ...

• 2016-03-03

Parappana Agrahara Central Jail has a total of 19 jammers Eleven out of the 19 mobile phone jammers installed at the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail in Bengaluru remain defunct as a result of a technical snag. The large prison complex, has over the years gained lot of attention, thanks to its high-p...

• 2016-02-23

Authorities of the Canara PU College are concerned over the smooth conduct of the forthcoming examinations for II year PU from March 11. This is because mobile phones of the college staff, including the one of the principal, were not working since Saturday, following activation of mobile jammers at ...

• 2016-02-16

South Carolina might already have started jamming cell phone signals in prisons to prevent convicts from committing further crimes, if it weren't for one significant problem with the plan: It's against the law. The struggle to stop cell phone use in prisons _ where some experts say the devices have ...

• 2016-01-29

New Delhi: In a surprise move, the Defence Forces have been barred from procuring jammers under new guidelines unveiled on Thursday by the government which will now allow only states' police and jail authorities and central security agencies like IB and RAW to buy the equipment. The decision to keep...

• 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-...