Cell Phone Towers

A man in Sangareddy district of Telangana allegedly killed a teenager and later climbed a cell phone tower, from where he hanged himself using some wires, police said on Sunday.

A Chinese artist on Saturday unveiled a sculpture made of discarded mobile phones and shaped like a cell tower in a bid to highlight the problem of electronic waste.

IMSI Catchers work by pretending to be a legitimate cell tower that a phone would normally communicate with, tricking the phone into sending back identifying information.

A total of 108 cell phone towers were found exceeding radiation limits in the last three years and penalties have been imposed on the concerned telecom providers, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

A physically challenged man on Monday climbed atop a mobile phone tower to highlight his demand for getting benefit under a Government scheme and came down after high drama and a great deal of persuasion by officials who assured to look into his grievances.

Over 4,000 mobile towers installed in areas under the jurisdiction of the three municipal corporations in Delhi are illegal, according to official figures.

The radiation from cellular phones and their network towers pose no health risk and any impact which these could have on health were minor, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has clarified.

The Supreme Court today declined to get involved in setting up a body independent of the government to regulate radiation from cellphone towers.

Though it's still unclear if there is any connection between cellphone radiation and it's adverse impact on human health, the government is set to roll out its new norms on cell phone radiation.

A man was rescued from attempting to commit suicide by jumping from a tower crane on Tuesday at a construction site in south China. The man was found sitting on the tip of the crane's arm when firefighters arrived. His friend, who failed to convince him not to climb the crane, had called 119. He was talking to him on his cell phone at the base of t...

Worli Sagar in upmarket south Mumbai is home to some of Maharashtra's top politicians. Among them is union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. Residents of this building have demanded that the cell phone tower on top of their buildings be removed fearing that it would be a health hazard.

Mobile phone users in the Capital may be in for some inconvenience in the coming days with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi instructing its officials to speed up sealing of unauthorised cell phone towers.

Mobile users in Delhi can heave a sigh of relief as the MCD will not go for a sealing drive of "illegal" cell phone towers in the city.

In a major relief to cell phone users and service providers, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed NOIDA authority to open the seal of over 100 mobile towers immediately.

A man in Sangareddy district of Telangana allegedly killed a teenager and later climbed a cell phone tower, from where he hanged himself using some wires, police said on Sunday.

A Chinese artist on Saturday unveiled a sculpture made of discarded mobile phones and shaped like a cell tower in a bid to highlight the problem of electronic waste.

IMSI Catchers work by pretending to be a legitimate cell tower that a phone would normally communicate with, tricking the phone into sending back identifying information.

A total of 108 cell phone towers were found exceeding radiation limits in the last three years and penalties have been imposed on the concerned telecom providers, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

A physically challenged man on Monday climbed atop a mobile phone tower to highlight his demand for getting benefit under a Government scheme and came down after high drama and a great deal of persuasion by officials who assured to look into his grievances.

Over 4,000 mobile towers installed in areas under the jurisdiction of the three municipal corporations in Delhi are illegal, according to official figures.

The radiation from cellular phones and their network towers pose no health risk and any impact which these could have on health were minor, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has clarified.

The Supreme Court today declined to get involved in setting up a body independent of the government to regulate radiation from cellphone towers.

Though it's still unclear if there is any connection between cellphone radiation and it's adverse impact on human health, the government is set to roll out its new norms on cell phone radiation.

A man was rescued from attempting to commit suicide by jumping from a tower crane on Tuesday at a construction site in south China. The man was found sitting on the tip of the crane's arm when firefighters arrived. His friend, who failed to convince him not to climb the crane, had called 119. He was talking to him on his cell phone at the base of t...

Worli Sagar in upmarket south Mumbai is home to some of Maharashtra's top politicians. Among them is union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. Residents of this building have demanded that the cell phone tower on top of their buildings be removed fearing that it would be a health hazard.

Mobile phone users in the Capital may be in for some inconvenience in the coming days with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi instructing its officials to speed up sealing of unauthorised cell phone towers.

Mobile users in Delhi can heave a sigh of relief as the MCD will not go for a sealing drive of "illegal" cell phone towers in the city.

In a major relief to cell phone users and service providers, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed NOIDA authority to open the seal of over 100 mobile towers immediately.