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New Technique to Identify 'IMSI Catchers' That Pretend to Be Cell Towers
IMSI Catchers work by pretending to be a legitimate cell tower that a phone would normally communicate with, tricking the phone into sending back identifying information.
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Telecom Subscriber Base in India Touches 1.18 Billion in February, Says TRAI
The demand for once-popular landline phone has been dwindling as cheap mobile handsets have led to an explosion in cellphone connectivity.
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Consumers Can Deactivate Internet on Their Cellphones Via Text: TRAI
Mobile subscribers will be able to activate or deactivate internet service on their mobile phone by calling or sending an SMS to a new toll free number 1925 from next month onwards.
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AT&T Drops 'Super Cookies' From Cellphone Data
The practice makes it nearly impossible to shield subscribers' identities online. Verizon says it's continuing to use them.
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Verizon Posts 4 Percent Jump in Q3 Revenue on Wireless Subscriber Growth
The largest US cellphone carrier posted revenue of $31.59 billion, up 4 percent from $30.28 billion a year earlier - but analysts expected higher revenue of $31.71 billion.
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Nationwide Number Portability Likely to Implemented by March 2015: Telecom Minister
The government expects to implement nationwide mobile number portability (MNP) by March 31, 2015, which will allow subscribers to shift their mobile service on to the network of any telecom operator throughout the country without having to change their cellphone number.
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100 Million Mobile Subscribers Change Telecom Networks
Around 100 million mobile subscribers, about 11 per cent of the country's cellphone services customer base, have ported their numbers since the MNP (Mobile Number Portability) facility was introduced nationwide over three years ago.
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Four-Year-Old Ban on SMS on Pre-Paid Mobiles Lifted in Jammu And Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir government today lifted the four-year-old ban on Short Messaging Services (SMS) on all pre-paid cellphone subscribers in the state.
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Telecom subscriber base declines by 26 million as telcos continue removing inactive SIMs
As cellphone operators continued disconnecting inactive SIM cards, India's total telecom subscriber base declined by 25.97 million to 895.51 million in December.
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Telephone booths to be installed in all central prisons in Tamil Nadu
In a bid to end smuggling in of cellphones and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards inside central jails in Tamil Nadu, telephone booths will be installed in all such prisons.
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Mobile phone worries for North East
Mobile telephony is the virtual lifeline for India's North East which otherwise has impossible logistics. But from Wednesday cellphone subscribers may end up losing their connections.That's because almost eighty per cent of the subscribers are on per paid connection. Their connection will expire on Wednesday if they fa...
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New Technique to Identify 'IMSI Catchers' That Pretend to Be Cell Towers
IMSI Catchers work by pretending to be a legitimate cell tower that a phone would normally communicate with, tricking the phone into sending back identifying information.
-
Telecom Subscriber Base in India Touches 1.18 Billion in February, Says TRAI
The demand for once-popular landline phone has been dwindling as cheap mobile handsets have led to an explosion in cellphone connectivity.
-
Consumers Can Deactivate Internet on Their Cellphones Via Text: TRAI
Mobile subscribers will be able to activate or deactivate internet service on their mobile phone by calling or sending an SMS to a new toll free number 1925 from next month onwards.
-
AT&T Drops 'Super Cookies' From Cellphone Data
The practice makes it nearly impossible to shield subscribers' identities online. Verizon says it's continuing to use them.
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Verizon Posts 4 Percent Jump in Q3 Revenue on Wireless Subscriber Growth
The largest US cellphone carrier posted revenue of $31.59 billion, up 4 percent from $30.28 billion a year earlier - but analysts expected higher revenue of $31.71 billion.
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Nationwide Number Portability Likely to Implemented by March 2015: Telecom Minister
The government expects to implement nationwide mobile number portability (MNP) by March 31, 2015, which will allow subscribers to shift their mobile service on to the network of any telecom operator throughout the country without having to change their cellphone number.
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100 Million Mobile Subscribers Change Telecom Networks
Around 100 million mobile subscribers, about 11 per cent of the country's cellphone services customer base, have ported their numbers since the MNP (Mobile Number Portability) facility was introduced nationwide over three years ago.
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Four-Year-Old Ban on SMS on Pre-Paid Mobiles Lifted in Jammu And Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir government today lifted the four-year-old ban on Short Messaging Services (SMS) on all pre-paid cellphone subscribers in the state.
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Telecom subscriber base declines by 26 million as telcos continue removing inactive SIMs
As cellphone operators continued disconnecting inactive SIM cards, India's total telecom subscriber base declined by 25.97 million to 895.51 million in December.
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Telephone booths to be installed in all central prisons in Tamil Nadu
In a bid to end smuggling in of cellphones and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards inside central jails in Tamil Nadu, telephone booths will be installed in all such prisons.
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Mobile phone worries for North East
Mobile telephony is the virtual lifeline for India's North East which otherwise has impossible logistics. But from Wednesday cellphone subscribers may end up losing their connections.That's because almost eighty per cent of the subscribers are on per paid connection. Their connection will expire on Wednesday if they fa...
