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  • GPS device to free dementia sufferers

    A personal tracking device has been developed enabling Dementia sufferers more freedom while allowing their carers to know their whereabouts at all times.

  • LTE continues to gain momentum, says GSA

    More mobile network operators are placing their bets on the same next-generation mobile networking technology to offer users faster connections, according to a report from the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).

  • Biggest mobile operators join forces on app store project

    Twenty-four mobile network operators have formed the Wholesale Applications Community to avoid fragmenting the apps market and to give developers one point of entry to all the members, the GSM Association announced on Monday.

  • Hackers show it's easy to snoop on a GSM call

    Computer security researchers say that the GSM phones used by the majority of the world's mobile-phone users can be listened in on with just a few thousand dollars worth of hardware and some free open-source tools.

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  • GSM encryption cracked, showing its age

    The unveiling of a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) encryption codebook compiled by a German security researcher and his team of collaborators lowers the bar significantly for the amount of money and technical expertise required to listen in on a GSM-based mobile phone call. More importantly, it illustrates just how old the current GSM encryption is and demonstrates why it's time for an upgrade.

  • Should users worry about new cellular hack?

    How concerned should business users be about wireless security now that another group claims to have cracked the security scheme used by 80 percent of the world's cellular telephones?

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