A London council is spending thousands of pounds on scientific tests in an attempt to see whether cell phone antennas (mobile phone masts) could have caused a cluster of cancer cases. Residents of ...

When it comes to antennas, smaller is better, according to University of Michigan researchers. In an effort that could impact the size of mobile devices and other equipment, researchers have developed ...

The recent furor over the iPhone 4’s antenna has made consumers aware of the constraints designers face when trying to build sleek, compact gadgets that also get a good connection. Researchers at Rice ...

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The mobile phone in your pocket or purse is part of a vast communications system that is mostly beyond our vision, much like the internet. But as journalist Andrew Blum explains in his new book Tubes: ...

Wireless antennas -- those unobtrusive fixtures that allow us to chatter from our cell phones, surf on our PDAs and beep each other's pagers -- occupy a curious place in our urban landscape. They are ...

The flags were lowered to half-staff at City Hall following the death of Buck Delventhal — an extraordinary step. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t ...

SEATTLE - Some residents in West Seattle are putting up a fight against a plan to erect 12 new cell phone antennas in the middle of the Alki Beach neighborhood. Dozens gathered at Alki Beach on ...

Telecommunications companies trying to install cell antennas in Santa Monica will have to follow new design standards, provide justification for choosing sites and inform nearby residents of pending ...

County staff is recommending that the County Board approve AT&T’s request to put new cell phone antennas in a pair of North Arlington church steeples. Last month the company went before the board to ...

Investors like private equity funds and publicly-traded REITs are building up big portfolios of cell phone towers and rooftop antenna. Demand for cellular infrastructure keeps getting stronger as new ...

New T-Mobile cell phone towers soon could begin sprouting around Menlo Park, with the first one planned for a site on Sand Hill Road. The city’s planning commission Monday will review the national ...