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FCC gives state prisons tech options to quash cellphones

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Federal regulators are giving state prisons across the country more technological options to combat contraband cellphones, which prison officials have long...

Mobile World Congress tech fair, pandemic version, kicks off

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BARCELONA, Spain — A major wireless technology trade fair kicked off in Barcelona on Monday with scaled-back attendance and beefed-up health and safety measures,...

UK cellphone firm EE reintroduces roaming charges to Europe

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LONDON — British cellphone operator EE said Thursday that it will start to charge U.K. customers for using their phones in other European countries...

Huawei to roll out its own operating system to smartphones

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HONG KONG — Huawei is launching its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets as it adapts to losing access to Google mobile...

Australian telco fined $39M for exploiting Indigenous folk

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CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra was fined 50 million Australian dollars ($39 million) on Thursday for unconscionable conduct in selling remote...

Mexico moves to require biometric data from cellphone users

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MEXICO CITY — Activists and opposition figures cried foul Wednesday after Mexico’s Senate passed legislation to require cellphone companies to gather customers’ identification and...

Japan spends billions on technology for absent Olympic fans

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TOKYO — Japan’s top telecommunications company is getting 7.3 billion yen — about $67 million — in taxpayer money to design mobile tracking software...

‘Big burden’ for schools trying to give kids internet access

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When the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools, educators had to figure out how to get kids online. Fast. ...

AT&T spinning off DirecTV after losing millions of customers

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AT&T is spinning off its DirecTV into a new company for a fraction of the $48.5 billion it paid for the satellite TV service...