Have you ever gotten a new phone only to find out it’s locked to a specific carrier? This often happens when you purchase a subsidized phone from a carrier. The carrier locks the phone so you can’t ...

For many years, mobile phones received cellular service through a physical SIM (subscriber identity module) card that connected your handset to your phone carrier. These physical SIM cards made it ...

Once you’ve activated your iPhone with your carrier, it should continue to work on the cellular network without any problems as long as you’re within range of a tower. Nevertheless, the vagaries of ...

Ben Khalesi writes about where artificial intelligence, consumer tech, and everyday technology intersect for Android Police. With a background in AI and Data Science, he’s great at turning geek speak ...

As smartphones have become more pervasive in our lives, we've all kind of been forced to pick up basic knowledge and terminology over the years. Where previously certain jargon would exclusively be ...

Portable SIM card stores authentication information to wirelessly connect any smartphone or tablet to a network with the wave of a hand Instead of burying them in phones, Japanese mobile carrier NTT ...

Asda Mobile customers have been urged to request a new Sim card by September in order to keep using their phones. It comes after the company switched to piggybacking off Vodafone's mobile network this ...

Three MNOs in Mauritania have been given two months to fully comply with existing SIM card identification rules in the ...

If your Samsung Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, or S24 Ultra is not recognizing your SIM card, it can be a frustrating issue, but there are several troubleshooting steps you can take to resolve the problem.