9 stories tagged telecom, newest first.
513 points by berlianta | 331 comments
404 Media article reporting that the FCC wants to require telecoms to collect ID from all customers, effectively ending anonymous burner phones.
338 points by saikatsg | 95 comments
The Register article on South Korea's scheme giving mobile subscribers unlimited 400 Kbps data after allowances expire, agreed by SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus.
365 points by tsujamin | 142 comments
A blog post on Nick vs Networking about an Android carrier config option (KEY_INFLATE_SIGNAL_STRENGTH_BOOL) that lets carriers inflate displayed signal bars.
418 points by _tk_ | 102 comments
Lighthouse Reports investigation "Surveillance Secrets", co-published with outlets like Der Spiegel and Le Monde, on leaked surveillance data revealing global phone location tracking.
1006 points by impish9208 | 797 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that AT&T says criminals stole calling and text records and location-related data for nearly all of its customers.
459 points by rooooob | 438 comments
CNBC/Reuters news article reporting a February 2024 U.S. cellular network outage affecting thousands of AT&T users, with reports for other carriers.
432 points by rntn | 249 comments
Techdirt article by Karl Bode on telecom industry opposition to an FCC Notice of Inquiry considering broadband prices in its deployment assessments.
339 points by Shank | 132 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that Verizon handed a victim's phone data to a stalker posing as a police officer with a fake search warrant.
353 points by troydavis | 265 comments
A free public service site explaining how to identify the telecom carrier behind a robocall or text spam number and report abuse so service is terminated.