A Federal Communications Commission proposal to let state and local prisons jam contraband cell phones has support from ...

Jamming a cell phone is illegal in the U.S. Very illegal. And not just by ordinary citizens. It’s illegal for theater and restaurant owners to jam calls, and even state and local police or prison ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — State officials are urging Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to allow state prisons to use cell phone jamming technology, after several investigations found ...

“These unlawful jammer operations posed a tangible public safety hazard by potentially blocking authorized communications” such as 911 emergency calls and other law enforcement communications, the FCC ...

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes signed on in support of federal legislation that would allow states to use cell phone jamming systems in prisons. The legislation aims to combat crimes orchestrated ...

The Federal Communications Commission is cracking down on consumers, manufacturers, and retailers who market, sell, or use cell phone and GPS “jamming” devices. Jamming devices are identified as radio ...

Cell phone jammers are gadgets that can cut cell reception immediately — handy technology for those stuck in crowded trains or restaurants beside inconsiderate mobile chatters. Ryan Singel, reporter ...

Mobile phones in schools. If you’re a teacher, school staffer, or a parent, you’ve likely got six hundred opinions about this very topic, and you will have had six hundred arguments about it this week ...

Remember the scene in the fourth “Star Trek” movie in which Spock and Captain Kirk, time-traveling to 20th-century Earth, endure the raucous noise from a punk’s blasting boombox while riding on a ...

Jamming a cell phone is illegal in the U.S. Very illegal. And not just by ordinary citizens. It’s illegal for theater and restaurant owners to jam calls, and even state and local police or prison ...

Yeah, it's technically illegal. Although the FCC hasn't enforced it in a while. You could take them to court, but short of the law there isn't much technically you can do. Hope that they don't block ...