If you've still have your old cordless phone, it could be the only thing keeping you connected to the world in the event of massive mobile network outages.

Phone companies must obtain approval from the Federal Communications Commission as part of the upgrade process, but the ...

Americans said the landline was a necessity of life, according to a study by Pew Research Center. However, with the advent of ...

If you still have a landline telephone, then you may be old enough to remember smelly phone booths and the rotary dial. That is one finding from a surprisingly deep trove of research on the ...

Landline telephones can be a lifeline when disaster strikes remote towns. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yue Stella Yu, a reporter for CalMatters, about why landlines remain important in California.

Long before the idea of hot dog-shaped iPhone cases, Otter Boxen, or even those swappable Nokia face plates, people were just as likely to express themselves with their landline phones. Growing up at ...

While it may seem that the cell phone has completely taken over, many homeowners still hold onto their landlines. There are good reasons for this. In addition to safety concerns, there are family ...

An entrepreneur turned her nostalgic idea of a landline-style phone into a business bonanza by making more than ₹1 crore ...

Dear John: You recently wrote about landline telephones and how they have become obsolete. In an electrical blackout, cell phones and internet phones won’t work, But landlines likely will. So they are ...

One of the biggest mistakes that people make when trying to cancel their landline phone plan is that they don't go in with a game plan, Kurland says. He recommends calling your provider during normal ...

Some people may think it odd that I still have landline phones in my house. After all, I’m an engineer who has worked on everything from spectrophotometers to satellites. I have more computers than ...

If you've been through one of the massive mobile network outages, then you've seen how it left you stranded without one of your most critical lines of access to the world for hours. If your smartphone ...