Just got a new iPhone? Here's how to set it up properly

Here's how to set up your new iPhone properly, from the moment you press the power button to configuring all the essential features. Press and hold the power button on the side of your iPhone until ...
The Free Press Journal

'SIM-Binding Requirement To Safeguard Indian Users,' Says Cellular Operators Association Of India

New Delhi: The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) on Wednesday clarified misconceptions that are being spread post the Union government introducing the requirement of SIM binding for using ...
The New Indian Express

SIM-binding order poses no privacy risk, enhances security: Cellular operators' body

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the industry body representing private telecom operators such as Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, has said that the recent order on SIM-binding poses ...
Wired

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

Nicholas Merrill has spent his career fighting government surveillance. But he would really rather you didn’t call what he’s selling now a “burner phone.” Yes, he dreams of a future where anyone in ...
Lansing State Journal

Lansing set to activate 'Code Blue' cold weather plan

LANSING – The city’s cold weather plan, dubbed “Code Blue,” will be activated beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26, and last through 7 a.m. Monday, Dec. 1. The plan allows local shelters to open ...
The New York Times

As Consumer Bureau’s Cash Dwindles, Trump Administration Declares Its Funding Illegal

The Justice Department embraced a novel conservative legal theory that it said blocked the Federal Reserve from funding the agency. By Stacy Cowley In the Trump administration’s fight to kill the ...
Barron's

Sim Farm Found by Secret Service Might Have Scammed Citizens. It Was Unlikely to Cause a Cellular Blackout.

The New York “SIM farms” dismantled Tuesday by the U.S. Secret Service could have scammed citizens, but cellular operators and security experts say it would have had a hard time blacking out the ...
PBS

How ‘SIM farms’ like the one found near the UN could collapse telecom networks

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service has found and is quietly dismantling a massive network of “SIM farms” across the New York area just as world leaders gather for meetings at the United Nations.
The New York Times

Cache of Devices Capable of Crashing Cell Network Is Found Near U.N.

The Secret Service discovered more than 100,000 SIM cards and 300 servers, which could disable cellular towers or be used to conduct surveillance. By Eileen Sullivan Reporting from Washington The ...
SlashGear

Who Owns Consumer Cellular And What Network Does It Use?

Consumer Cellular is not like other phone companies. The mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) established its reputation by keeping things straightforward. John Marick and Greg Pryor founded the ...