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Deadly Ukraine strike reveals Russian tech weakness

Didier Lauras, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 02:15 AM

Critics have accused the Russian army of trying to shift the blame. Read more »

Three-quarters of people over 10 own a mobile phone: UN

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 10:39 PM

The ITU found that mobile phone ownership had grown steadily in recent years, estimating it had risen from under 67 percent in 2019. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 10, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 11:48 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Marcos Jr. signs SIM Card Registration Law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 05:00 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs the SIM Card Registration Law in a ceremony at the Malacanang Palace on Monday. Read more »

Mobile purchases in PH 2x higher than on desktop computers: study

Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 11:10 PM

Online shopping in the Philippines has rapidly migrated from desktop computers to smartphones, a study by e-commerce aggregator i-Price said. Read more »

5G marketing outpaces service reality

Diane Bartz, Reuters
Posted at Oct 14 10:47 PM

The numbers are in stark contrast to what the carriers promise about 5G in their advertisements. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 19, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:06 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

China orders mobile phone ban in schools to improve students’ focus on study, fight game addiction

Mandy Zuo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 03 01:11 PM

Ministry of Education says students need written permission to take their mobile phones to school, and must hand them over during class time. Schools are urged to install pay phones and teachers are told not to assign homework using mobile phones. The ban appears to have broad support.  Read more »

Huawei selling Honor brand to consortium of agents and dealers to keep the unit alive

David Kirton, Reuters
Posted at Nov 17 09:34 AM

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is selling its budget brand smartphone unit Honor to a consortium of over 30 agents and dealers in a bid to keep it alive, the company and the consortium said on Tuesday. Read more »

HK thieves make off with HK$1.5 million worth of mobile phones stolen from parked truck

Clifford Lo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 21 08:20 PM

The truck driver who left the vehicle unattended in a parking structure of a commercial building returns to find a pallet of goods missing. The pallet was loaded with boxes containing some 800 mobile phones. Read more »

5G networks: are there health risks?

Paul Ricard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 29 09:13 PM

5G networks will use many smaller antennae placed closer to people, such as on top of streetlights, potentially exposing people to even more radio waves. Read more »

Old phone to recycle? In France, just drop it in the mail

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 07:00 PM

Figuring out what to do with an old mobile phone just got easier in France, where people can now send them free in the mail to have them recycled or refurbished for sale by a charity group. Read more »

Virus threatens smartphone supply chain: Qualcomm

Stephen Nellis and Munsif Vengattil, Reuters
Posted at Mar 03 08:36 AM

Chip maker Qualcomm Inc said on Wednesday that the coronavirus outbreak in China poses a potential threat to the mobile phone industry, with a possible impact on manufacturing and sales. Read more »