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  2. Mobile phone use in schools - Wikipedia

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    A phone cage used for keeping students' phones away from them during school hours. The use of mobile phones in schools has become a very controversial topic debated by students, parents, teachers and authorities. People who support the use of mobile phones believe that these phones are useful for safety, allowing children to communicate with ...

  3. Mobile technology - Wikipedia

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    Nikola Tesla laid the theoretical foundation for wireless communication in 1890. Guglielmo Marconi, known as the father of radio, first transmitted wireless signals two miles away in 1894. Mobile technology gave human society great change. The use of mobile technology in government departments can also be traced back to World War I.

  4. List of countries by number of mobile numbers in use

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    List of countries by number of mobile numbers in use. This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phone numbers in use. IMPORTANT NOTE: This list does NOT provide the "number of mobile phones in use." Nobody knows that data. This is a count of phone numbers by country.

  5. Restrictions on cell phone use while driving in the United States

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    The laws regulating driving (or "distracted driving") may be subject to primary enforcement or secondary enforcement by state, county or local authorities. [1]All state-level cell phone use laws in the United States are of the "primary enforcement" type — meaning an officer may cite a driver for using a hand-held cell phone without any other traffic offense having taken place — except in ...

  6. The environmental impact of smartphones—and what the ... - AOL

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    An estimated 5 billion phones ended up in landfills in 2022. From their production to their disposal, smartphones impact the environment in many ways. In 2022, smartphones generated 146 million ...

  7. Schools across U.S. restrict cellphones as students return to ...

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    High school students who started school at Kansas City's Ewing Marion Kauffman School saw something new when they entered their classrooms: a cellphone lockbox. A new policy requires all high ...

  8. Mobile phone - Wikipedia

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    Mobile phone. A mobile phone or cell phone[a] is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area, as opposed to a fixed-location phone (landline phone). The radio frequency link establishes a connection to the switching systems of a mobile phone operator ...

  9. Mobile phones and driving safety - Wikipedia

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    This makes it one of the highest in the world. Victoria – The penalties if the driver is caught using a mobile phone whilst driving are 4 demerit points and a $555 fine. If the matter is heard at court, the fine for illegal mobile phone/device use can be as much as $1,849.