Customers report frustration with long waits at stores and online after the Korean telco promised free replacement SIMs to 25mn phone users despite having only 1mn SIMs in stock.

Malware was discovered in the South Korean telco's Home Subscriber Server.

At least six SMS blasters are believed to be operating around Tokyo and Osaka. Number plates were repeatedly changed on one car that carries an SMS blaster. The authorities still say nothing despite questions being asked in parliament.

Giving corporations the right to a jury trial is no substitute for appointing regulators that are competent to make the decisions we all need them to make.

Ofcom, the UK comms regulator, has taken the lead in protecting phone users from network spies. The question is whether other national regulators will follow their example.

Men also receive SMS messages warning about the non-compliance of women 'assigned' to them.

A story from Slovakia illustrates how scammers will trick people into losing control of their phone by switching to an eSIM.

The goal appears to be surveillance of potential opponents of the Chinese Communist Party.

A social media frenzy was started when an amateur Tokyo sleuth named 'Radio Yakuza' investigated strange transmissions and linked them to an object that looks identical to devices seized by police in Hong Kong, Thailand and Malaysia.

Cambodian scamlords are whitewashing their reputations and boosting their status in society through contributions to the Cambodian Red Cross.

Sam George, Ghana's Minister of Communications, said the regulator will take control of the national RA system from Global Voice Group.

The latest public data from the US traceback group shows more scam calls are being traced to the Big 3 operators than before.