Most of us spend time in at least a few places where our phones just don’t work, whether it’s a room or two at home or at work, a favorite coffee shop, or some other signal-lacking location. That’s ...

Wi-Fi calling allows you to make calls using Wi-Fi instead of a cellular connection, and is great for folks living in areas with spotty cell signals.

Amid a massive wireless service outage that affected customers of numerous providers across the country Thursday, many people reported seeing SOS on their iPhones and some were urged to use wifi ...

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Wi-Fi can easily serve as a backup for your cellular network for calling and texting, especially if you find yourself without signal. Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, ...

The traditional way to make a cellphone call is for your handset to ping whichever base station you’re closest to, with your voice and the voice of the person you’re speaking to flying through the air ...