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Today’s smartphones could have calculation capabilities that far exceed those of a laptop from ten years ago, but it can still be left without any network connectivity due to just one component, known ...
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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked all mobile handset makers to mandatorily pre-install the Sanchar Saathi application (app) in all their newer products, whether manufactured or ...
The new SIM-binding rules will rewrite how Indians use their messaging apps. People will now no longer be able to run apps like WhatsApp, Telegram or Signal on a device without the active SIM card ...
Apple’s latest release, the iPhone Air, has officially brought eSIM technology to China for the first time. Approved by regulators as part of a “commercial trial” involving China Mobile, China Unicom, ...
If your new phone no longer supports SIM cards, or you don't want to use them anymore, you can convert to eSIM instead. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) ...
Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations discovered an additional 200,000 SIM cards at a location in New Jersey, law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News. Agents were first tipped off ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service has found and is quietly dismantling a massive network of “SIM farms” across the New York area just as world leaders gather for meetings at the United Nations.
The US Secret Service announced this morning that it has located and seized a cache of telecom devices large enough to “shut down the cellular network in New York City.” And it believes a nation-state ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. Apple's latest keynote this week wasn't just another iPhone ...
The world of eSIMs has taken a huge step forward over the past month, as first Google launched the eSIM-only Pixel 10 range in the US, and then Apple expanded the regions that were eSIM-only for the ...
The physical SIM cards we've used for decades are slowly being phased out. With the Pixel 10 series, Google's phones have gone eSIM-only for the first time—at least if you buy them in the US. Apple ...