• 2015-01-04

 Legislation to be debated in the Commons on Monday will mean that once a phone has been identified, the Prison Service will be able to apply to a court for it to be disconnected, says Prisons Minister Andrew Selous obile phone companies will be forced to cut off signals to handsets being used ...

• 2014-12-31

Any hand-held use of mobile phones while driving would be illegal under a bill filed ahead of the upcoming legislative session. State lawmakers and governmental departments have begun filing bills for consideration in the 2015 legislative session that begins Jan. 12. The state Department of Public S...

• 2014-12-29

 As the battle for Net Neutrality rages on, Federal regulators may soon be ruling in another dispute between consumer access and business control of the Internet. In a petition to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission made public last week, the American Hospitality & Lodging Associatio...

• 2014-12-24

Traffic cameras would be banned and any hand-held use of mobile phones while driving would be illegal under bills filed ahead of the upcoming legislative session. State lawmakers and governmental departments have begun filing bills for consideration in the 2015 legislative session that begins Jan. 1...

• 2014-12-19

To give a fillip to its super fast fourth-generation mobile services, Bharti Airtel has tied up with Chinese handset maker Xiaomi to provide 4G device Redmi Note at a price of Rs 9,999 in six cities, including the National Capital. The operator provides 4G services in 16 cities but Airtel will provi...

• 2014-12-15

An Alabama high school has banned cell phones because of cyberbullying, according to Cullman Times. Good Hope High School administrators issued a ban on cell phones on campus in response to “inappropriate and abusive messages” posted about students on the mobile app Yik Yak. The report goes on to sa...

• 2014-12-10

A man in Philadelphia has been making headlines after admitting that he’s been using a cell phone jamming device to block the conversations of his fellow bus riders. The rider, called Eric, has said that he’s “taking the law into my own hands, and quite frankly, I’m proud of it.” The story, first re...

• 2014-12-05

Qu'est-ce que c'est?  On Monday the French Industry Minister Patrick Devedjian approved a new policy that will let theaters and concert halls install cellphone jammers, allowing only emergency calls to get through.  No more, "Yes, zis baguette is vury niiiiice" in the middle of your matine...

• 2014-12-04

 MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang on Saturday expressed openness to the proposal to jam cell phone signals inside the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City following news of illegal drugs trade inside the country’s main penitentiary. “Mukhang sound po ‘iyong proposal ni (Interior) Secretary Mar R...

• 2014-12-01

Passengers on a train from Guangzhou to Hong Kong enjoyed free wireless network access on Friday, marking the first WiFi access service on Chinese trains. Train No. T809 departing from Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, was equipped with the first onboard train WiFi service, all...