Landline phones have been a household and pop culture staple for generations, but just like pagers, VHS and DVDs, they are ...

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 ...

A 29-year-old content creator and entrepreneur is bringing back nostalgia with a high-tech twist, offering an opportunity to unplug from what can be a draining digital world, while still staying ...

AT&T to phase out traditional copper landlines by 2029, urging customers to switch to modern digital alternatives.

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 ...

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 ...