There's been quite a lot of coverage lately about prison systems possibly using equipment to jam cellular frequencies inside their facilities. It's illegal for non-federal government entities to use jamming equipment in the United States, but there's a company trying to sell its wares to correctional institutions in the US, as it does overseas.  It recently conducted an illegal...

I’m standing on the Vomit Comet from London Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria. This train leaves at 2315 and is usually one of the first to attract the drunken dregs of Essex. And the odd sane and sober individual hiding from cold, hard reality with a pair of headphones and an ability to avoid projectile

ESPOO, Finland - While all of us here at Nokia Conversations like a good yarn, the ones we usually chase are about the amazing and great things people do with mobiles or online services. But, I must say that occasionally I cross over some really bizarre or, shall I say, "interesting" tidbits. From nude pics to prison breaks to the really fake, the stories from the the mobile Twilight Zone never ce...

Impressed with the successful tests of mobile phone signal jamming technology used at a South Carolina prison, officials are now working on implementing mobile phone jamming in Texas. Jerry Madden, Chairman of the House Corrections Committee, said: “It would take a change in federal law to allow jamming such as this, but I would hope there

A thorough article from TIME on inmates and cell phones around the world. Most of what is written has been posted over the years in this blog, but this is a great round-up in one place. Cell-phone access can mean chaos. Brazilian officials say cell phones are used to organize and plan widespread riots that are endemic to their crowded prisons; Canadian prosecutors said a notorious drug kingpin con...

But might have been illegal On Friday CellAntenna demonstrated it could jam mobile phones within a 1000 square meter area within a prison, without noticeably affecting those passing. This opens the door to widespread adoption of the technology.…

Although rumors persist of their use in restaurants and movie theaters, the use of cell phone jamming equipment remains illegal in the US. Right now, the only permissible use is by federal law enforcement officials, but that may change if state prison officials in South Carolina and a manufacturer of jamming equipment have their way. Both would like to see state law enforcement get permission to u...

A South Carolina prison's plan to use technology to jam cell phones, a popular form of contraband in prisons, has drawn scrutiny from lawmakers, the FCC and the CTIA. Article

Operators jam the jammer The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has offered to work with South Carolina's prison boss to find a way to prevent mobile phones being used in prisons, but industry body the CTIA is calling on the FCC to get a court order preventing anyone from demonstrating the technology.…

A flashy Las Vegas entrepreneur who became a billionaire at the height of the dot-com bubble was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison for stock fraud, capping a seven-year investigation that led to seven convictions.