Subsidized phone service used to cover landlines only, until a 2012 California Public Utilities Commission decision extended the program to cover cell phones.

Name, address and a free phone call? Dialing 411 may never be the same again. Beginning sometime Friday or Monday, San Francisco-based upstart UpSnap says, it will launch a 411 service for cell ...

No bars, no problem! Here's how to venture phone-free into the Great Outdoors with confidence. Two paths diverged in yellow wood. Sorry she could not travel both, the hiker grabbed her phone to check ...

Realizing that vision required rethinking almost everything about how cell phones function today. In order to operate without a battery, the phone would have to rely only on energy that it could ...

This year SpaceX and Starlink will offer free worldwide calls and text on the 'Direct to Cell' network, but only for certain users.

We've rounded up the best cell phone plans offering free perks such as the iPhone 16 Pro, Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Apple TV+, Max, Apple One and more.

There is a government program that offers free cell phone and mobile hotspot service. Qualifying is easier right now than ever. Here’s how it works and who can get it. Follow Tech Reporter Ri… ...

Amazon might be planning to offer Prime subscribers a pretty significant perk: free cell phone service. According to Bloomberg, the company is talking with multiple US-based carriers about ...

Researchers at the University of Washington have built a cell phone that works without a battery. It draws the minimal power it needs from the ambient environment and successfully makes Skype calls.

Paying customers pay for the "free" cell phones for others. You've probably seen the ads saying you can get a free cell phone and free service, if you're low income. It is a Federal program, but ...

Pulling out a cell phone could get you kicked out of some stand-up events including Dave Chappelle’s arena tour.

When ConsumerAffairs Googled that term, we found 158,000 results. Inside Facebook, we found another 60 groups that offered “free cell phones.” ...