If the "your phone is not registered on a network" error has popped up on your Android phone, you know how frustrating it can be. Whether you want to call your family ...

If you came of age in the 1990s, you’ll remember the unmistakable auditory handshake of an analog modem negotiating its connection via the plain old telephone system. That cacophony of screeches and ...

Samuel has spent years writing about mobile carriers and their networks following a stint working as a technician in a carrier phone store. Whether it's helping people avoid 36-month payment plans, or ...

Nextel Communications by next year will offer a mobile phone with Motorola based on Microsoft’s Windows Powered Smartphone platform, and in the second quarter of this year the carrier will begin ...

Everything you stream and share is broken into network packets. Learn how this enables the seamless flow of data that powers the internet. Network packets are small units of data that are sent from ...

Can someone edumacate me on the CDMA network? I'm coming from GSM (sadly) but the reception simply sucks. Now I know that for GSM you can buy basically any 'unlocked' GSM phone regardless of carrier, ...

The upcoming solar eclipse is expected to draw crowds nationwide, meaning possible traffic congestion and potential flight delays. It also may cause cellphones to wonk out a wee bit, too. Similar to ...