Most modern smartphones actually run two different operating systems – there’s the one you interact with directly and there’s the firmware running on the modem system-on-a-chip, which is basically ...

In their monthly announcement, among all the cool things Pine64, they talked about the open firmware for PinePhone’s LTE modem. The firmware isn’t fully open – a few parts remain closed. And Pine ...

There are two other standards that the latest commercial modems require: V.42bis for data compression and V.42 for error correction. A typical commercial modem ...

The PinePhone is an inexpensive smartphone designed to run free and open source operating systems like Manjaro, postmarketOS, Mobian, or Ubuntu Touch. But the phone isn’t 100-percent open hardware: ...

I tried to upgrade the firmware on my Dlink 645. After the upload of the new firmware now the modem just blinks, and I can't connect to reinstall the old firmware. I work from home and I'm without ...

Just a quick question. I have a run-of-the-mill software modem that connects at a blistering 52000 bps. I also have a hardware modem that connects at a respectable 48000bps. Which should I use? I ...

After the removal of the iPhone application Netshare modem software, the iPhone is probably the only 3G phone you can’t use as a modem. However, the iPhoneModem application has now been released, ...

This is the description of an attack happening in Brazil since 2011 using 1 firmware vulnerability, 2 malicious scripts and 40 malicious DNS servers, which affected 6 hardware manufacturers, resulting ...

With their own dedicated processor and operating system, LTE/3G modems built into new business laptops and tablets could be a valuable target for hackers by providing a stealthy way to maintain ...