For travelers who can't stomach the high rates U.S. carriers charge for international roaming, there is an alternative. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone ...

Conflict is brewing in the mobile world over the adoption of a new, smaller standard for the SIM card — the chip in each GSM phone that dictates which network you connect to and your cellphone number.

In 2021, there were more than 14 billion cellular devices in the world even though there were only 7 billion people. The ubiquity of these devices – but especially smartphones – has come to define the ...

Wireless carriers sell you “postpaid” contract phones at a considerable discount. The carrier expects to recoup its outlay — the full price of the equipment — over the life of the contract that you ...

You know that dual-SIM handset you picked up last year to make those frequent jaunts between Belgium and Luxembourg so much easier? Might as well throw The Netherlands in there to complete the Benelux ...