• 2015-12-02

Technology should be used to jam mobile phone signals in prisons, an inspector at Britain's largest jail has said. David Jamieson, chairman of Wandsworth prison's Independent Monitoring Board, says illegal phones fuel prison drug trading, bullying and gang problems. Behind bars, phones can cost £400...

• 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...

• 2015-11-26

A device which blocks mobile phone signals has answered the prayers of some Kenyan Muslims. Imams in Kenya have long complained that mobile phones constantly rang during prayers, disrupting services. Imam Hassan Kithiye says he bought the machine in Dubai and it has been well received by his congreg...

• 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...

• 2015-11-17

T-Mobile wants to obliterate any notion that its coverage is inferior to the competition. The cellphone carrier announced Monday that all T-Mobile customers with a "Simple Choice" plan can now receive a free mini cell tower for their home. The 8.5-inch square gadget blasts out T-Mobile's 4G-LTE netw...

• 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...

• 2015-11-04

A city in central Argentina has banned the use of cell phones inside banks, punishable by 15 days in jail, state media reported Thursday. The city legislature in Cordoba passed the ban Wednesday night, the government-funded Telam news agency said. The law applies to bank employees, customers and any...

• 2015-10-29

Drivers caught using mobile phones at the wheel should have their penalties doubled to cut the number of road deaths, says the boss of the Metropolitan Police. But what else could be done, asks Justin Parkinson. Wi-fi lay-bys In a research paper, brothers Barry and Charles Press raise the idea of "c...

• 2015-10-28

The Federal Communications Commission is drawing up rules for extremely high frequency spectrums that could be used in "5G" mobile broadband. 4G (fourth generation cellular technology) LTE in the US relies on frequencies from 700MHz to 2.5GHz, with the lower frequencies being best suited for coverin...

• 2015-10-23

Most guides to improving your phone signal advise you to buy a signal booster – expensive gadgets which also have the drawback of being illegal in the UK. But if you find that your calls keep cutting out, there ARE a few things you can do, beyond simply switching to calls via Wi-Fi, or going outdoor...