GSM cellular services are 20 years old today

Nokia Siemens Networks has reminded us that the first GSM call on a commercial network was made between Finland's former prime minister Harri Holkeri and vice mayor of the city of Tampere Kaarina Suonio on1 July 1991.
 

Global mobile industry to lift its game on customer privacy

Global mobile industry body, the GSMA, has issued a set of high level privacy principles as a first step to improving safeguards around customer information.
 

Huawei seeks court order against former partner Motorola

China-based communications hardware provider Huawei is seeking a court order to prevent its intellectual property being transferred to Nokia Siemens Networks as part of Motorola's divestiture of its wireless network business.
 

No more exclusive iPhone carriers

The era of the iPhone being exclusive to one carrier in a market is officially over.
 

One billion people using Huawei GSM gear

China-based communications giant Huawei claims that more than a billion GSM users are now served by its radio access networks.
 

Is Verizon about to launch a tablet computer?

Rumours are swirling that Verizon is developing a tablet computer to tackle the iPad – AT&T hegemony in the US.
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GSM encryption is now effectively broken

At the 26th Chaos Communication Congress (26C3) last week, Karsten Nohl offered new insights and methods for cracking GSM encryption.
 

You can help break GSM encryption

There is a project underway to employ distributed computers to compute rainbow tables for GSM decryption.  Download the code and join in, if you're interested!
 

Internet bookseller diversifies into vending machines

Online bookseller Booktopia is set to introduce book vending machines.
 

3G wireless broadband "fastest growing mobile technology ever"

Global HSPA (3G wireless broadband) connections will pass the 150 million mark by the end of September and 200 million by the end of Q1 2010, according to the GSM Association.