• 2016-01-06

On the 10th day of Christmas . . . don't let your phone drive you to distraction" There are plenty of things we want for Christmas - fines and demerit points don't tend to be on our lists, so remember that it is against the law to use a mobile phone in the car while you are driving. Bay of Plenty Di...

• 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...

• 2015-12-30

Verizon Wireless was working to get its 4G network back up and running on Wednesday, following a nationwide outage that began in the early morning hours. Customers across the country, from California to Ohio to Virginia, took to Verizon's forums to complain that service was knocked out, though gripe...

• 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...

• 2015-12-23

A successful auction of airwaves and the launch of 4G services were the high points for India's telecom industry in 2015 even as the lingering problem of call drops and bottlenecks in infrastructure, notably on transmission towers, remained major areas of concern. Early in the year, the country saw ...

• 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...

• 2015-12-17

Thailand's biggest mobile operators battled on Tuesday for more fourth generation (4G) mobile spectrum in an auction expected to net at least $2 billion for a military government struggling to revive the country's economic growth. Shares in top two operators Advanced Info Service (AIS) and Total Acc...

• 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...

• 2015-12-09

We've all been there. You pull out your smartphone to check out the trailer for "Batman v Superman," and the loading icon spins. And spins. Sometimes, the cellular network just can't keep up with your voracious appetite for Facebook updates, Snapchat messages and streaming video. Don't worry, though...

• 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...