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Computer Sciences Nov 23, 2016

Changing SIM card number for more secure mobile phone

A continuously changing SIM card number ensures that your mobile phone can no longer be traced and tapped and enables it to check whether it is in contact with an authentic radio tower. Computer scientist Fabian van den Broek ...

Security Oct 21, 2016

Weakness of 2G mobile phone networks revealed

The encryption scheme used for second generation (2G) mobile phone data can be hacked within seconds by exploiting weaknesses and using common hardware, A*STAR researches show. The ease of the attack shows an urgent need ...

Engineering Oct 14, 2016

Newly launched sensor system could turn every locomotive into a track monitor

Railway experts at the University of Huddersfield Institute of Railway Research (IRR) are working with engineering giant Siemens to develop an inexpensive and easily-fitted sensor that could turn virtually every rail vehicle ...

Telecom Jun 29, 2016

Prototype for narrowband Internet-of-Things system

Researchers at the department of Communications and Networking, School of Electrical Engineering, have implemented successfully a prototype for Narrowband Internet-of-Things system. This is a narrowband version of LTE (Long ...

Telecom May 2, 2016

Risk aversion impedes innovation in information technology

Smartphones and tablets come from Asia and the USA, German and European industry is far behind. The causes are dealt with by a study of KIT published in the journal Telecommunications Policy. According to this study, risk ...

Engineering Apr 19, 2016

European railways benefit from innovative platform for simulating and evaluating on-board positioning systems

The ETCS aims to introduce a single harmonised system of signalling, control and train protection that would replace the many incompatible safety systems that currently exist on European railways, particularly on high-speed ...

Telecom Feb 23, 2016

EU to launch action plan to develop superfast 5G mobile network

The European Union said Tuesday it will launch an action plan to develop 5G mobile networks which will massively speed up Internet connections, in an effort to avoid falling behind other regions.

Business Jan 13, 2016

Motorola brought us the mobile phone, but ended up merged out of existence

If you own a mobile phone, chances are that it isn't made by Motorola. But it was not always this way: Motorola was once the brand most associated with the mobile phone, and the firm whose products first popularised them. ...

Business Dec 21, 2015

Ericsson, Apple to develop 5G phones and end litigation (Update)

Swedish telecoms firm Ericsson AB has inked a 7-year deal with Apple Inc. that brings an end to outstanding mutual patent litigations between the two and paves the way for their joint-development of the next generation of ...

Telecom Nov 23, 2015

After years of delays, Palestinians get high-speed mobile

Political science lecturer Amjad Abu el-Ez lived in London and Dubai for 17 years before returning home in 2014 to teach in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. He was stunned to learn he could barely check his email on ...

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