Your phone's SIM card isn't safe until you do this

Cellular providers offer all kinds of security and data encryption to their customers, but there's one task users should ...

First look: Here's how Android's cool automatic SIM lock protection works

We previously uncovered evidence of an automatic SIM lock protection feature coming to Android, and we've now got a first ...

Android 17's automatic SIM lock protection is nearly here

First visuals of a feature designed to save time ...
The Punch Newspapers

Why you should activate your phone’s SIM lock

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 ...
PC Magazine

SIM lock

(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 ...
Geeky Gadgets

Sprint To Start Locking iPhone 4S SIM Cards

When Sprint started selling the iPhone 4S, it was initially available with an unlocked SIM. However, it now appears that Sprint has decided to lock the SIM on any new iPhone 4S devices when they are ...
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KDDI holds a briefing on whether "Galapagosatization" is really due to SIM Lock

With terminal price rising,Second-hand mobile phones that can be purchased cheaplyMarket excitement,Google's "Nexus One"In response to the appearance of mobile phones that any mobile phone company can ...