The Federal Communications Commission gave AT&T Inc. an early Christmas present: permission to replace old copper home-phone lines with a new wireless landline technology. The regulatory step is ...

as more people rely solely on wireless phones to stay connected. But Google thinks a few 21st century touches could help the landline retain its place in the home. The Internet giant announced ...

Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home ... a landline service (or to continue an existing service), and will find that many major companies offer a landline option. Though phone services ...

“Millions of people have long ago chosen modern, high-speed internet and wireless phones over outdated ... that copper-line landline, she said. Many services, such as home-alarm systems, rely ...

To do so, it’s deploying a new weapon that might help: a wireless home phone. The carrier announced at a recent investor day that it will retire the “vast majority” of its copper networks ...

But here are some other, less obvious findings: Landline holdouts are more likely than wireless converts ... on landline telephones. In the 2000s, as consumers canceled home telephone service ...

It doesn’t connect to cell phones, though. Get this model if you want one home phone system for both landline and mobile calls—or if bigger buttons and a large display matter to you.

On a planet that holds more cellphones than people, it might be hard for some to imagine anyone still has—or uses—a landline.

In the 2000s, as consumers canceled home telephone ... they still found that wireless Americans took more risks with their health than landline holdouts. A rotary phone from the original Schwem's ...