Google’s system basically keeps all the security of a SIM PIN, while removing all the inconvenience. Just make sure you jot down the Android-managed PIN somewhere secure, in case your phone ever dies ...

Subscribers in Japan are currently locked into a mobile carrier at expensive monthly rates when buying a subsidised phone. A new government initiative will remove the SIM locks on phones to allow for ...

(Subscriber Identity Module lock) A function in GSM cellphones that restricts the phone's use to a particular cellular carrier identified by a SIM card. SIM locks are used to ensure subscribers finish ...

Security is one crucial issue to we need to pay attention to due to the unsafe environments we live in. Most people have had their phones stolen at some point. And those stolen phones had their bank ...

Following the recent launch of its new ConeXis X2 and ConeXis A2 smartphones, many potential customers have asked why the bank has SIM-locked the devices. FNB has locked the new smartphones to FNB ...

SIM locks are a very unfortunate feature employed by network carriers around the globe, that restrict the usage of your iPhone only to their services and SIM cards. More and more carriers are already ...

Japan's wireless network providers have lifted restrictions on which network their subscribers can use, enabling all smartphones and tablets to be sold with their SIM cards unlocked upon customers' ...

The Apple SIM in the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 is based on an awesome idea—who doesn’t want to switch carriers with a tap of the screen? But the actual utility of the Apple SIM is pretty muddled, as ...