• 2016-01-14

5G has the potential to offer speeds up to 40 times faster than 4G -- fast enough to stream "8K" video in 3-D or download a 3-D movie in about 6 seconds (on 4G, it would take 6 minutes). Unfortunately for consumers, there's a difference between lab experiments and reality. Peak speeds are fun to dre...

• 2016-01-07

If you are using WiFi there isn’t usually a limit to how much data you use. But if you have a 3G contract it’s a bit like calls and texts allowance on your phone. Every time you do something online it eats into your data allowance and you can quickly use up your credit. All the big network providers...

• 2015-12-31

A lot of the wireless companies' 5G experimentation is taking place in super-high frequencies -- as high as 73,000 MHz. Today's cell phone networks broadcast signal in a range of 700 MHz to 3,500 MHz. The advantage of high-frequency signals is that they're capable of providing significantly faster d...

• 2015-12-25

Smartphones are configured at the factory to optimize such factors as display quality and data-connection speeds. But these default settings might not meet your needs as well as you'd like. These seven steps will help your improve your smartphone's battery life, make it work faster, protect your pri...

• 2015-12-18

The "G" in 3G, 4G and 5G stands for "generation." So 5G will be the fifth generation of wireless network technology. The standards for 5G have not yet been set. According to Bill Smith, president of AT&T's (T, Tech30) network operations, 5G will likely be defined in 2018, and the standards for 5...

• 2015-12-10

"On Android Lollipop, Marshmallow and the new iOS 9, there are features called Doze and Low Power Mode," said Mobile Programmer Derek Pacula. Video: Get the most out of your smartphone battery Android's new Doze feature automatically puts your phone into a sleep state when you stop using it for a wh...

• 2015-12-03

Every 12 years or so there's a new generation ("G") of mobile phone technology. 1G gave us the analogue phone bricks, 2G saw digital phones which shrunk to the size of a business card and 3G enabled phones to become smart and use data. 4G is the next step: it makes the phone a device which communica...

• 2015-11-27

A leading composer has called for people who use mobile phones during concerts to be fined. How do you stop them? The chirping mobile interrupting a live performance is, for many, one of the great artistic blights of the modern age. Now Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the Master of the Queen's Music - the...

• 2015-11-23

The fightback against ad-blockers is ramping up. German tabloid Bild is the latest to announce it will prevent users who have installed the advert-hiding plug-ins from viewing its articles. It joins dozens of other sites who object to the technology's threat to their income. Users have flocked to th...

• 2015-11-06

Worried about your smartphone giving you cancer? You shouldn't be. Although these devices do emit radiation, experts say it isn't nearly enough to permanently damage cells or raise cancer risk – even for people who use them constantly. Still, it's no surprise that many people are concerned about thi...