SIM cards have been an integral yet often forgotten part of owning a smartphone for the past few decades. For most users, the SIM card defines the basic commercial relationship they have with their ...

SINGAPORE: When Christinah Heng answered a call in October from a local number she did not recognise, alarm bells did not ring. The interior design boss, 53, will pick up local calls because of her ...

Fraudulently obtained SIM cards, often using civilians’ Aadhaar details, allowed them to evade law enforcement. Following the probe, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued directives ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. This is not as easy as it sounds — and it’s not common advice. But ...

India has mandated an active SIM linkage for messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal to work on a device in the coming days, with the government asserting that 'SIM binding' is essential to ...

Home Office accused of putting criminality before dignity with rule seeking intelligence on people-smugglers Children who arrive in the UK on small boats could be searched to check if they are ...

Ahmedabad: The Cybercrime police on Monday arrested three men for issuing sim cards in the names of unsuspecting customers and routing them to cyberfraud operators in Dubai and Cambodia. The FIR was ...

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued an advisory, cautioning citizens against using mobile devices with tampered IMEI numbers , and warned that mobile subscribers may be held liable if a SIM ...

Kenyans registering new SIM cards may soon have to submit some of the most intimate biological identifiers known to science, including DNA analysis, blood type, and detailed biometric markers, under ...

Whether you've recently added a new line to your Android phone for faster internet or gotten a new work SIM, a "SIM Not Provisioned" error message can disrupt your ...

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 ...