China had over 600 million mobile phone users by June this year, which means every one in five mobile phone users in the world is a Chinese.
According to Xie Feibo, vice director of the Radio Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Information Industry, the number included 80 million personal handy phone (PHS) users.
Bangalore, Sept. 17 (ANI): The Karnataka Government's decision to ban the use of mobile phones in schools and colleges for children under the age of 16, has evoked a positive response.
Christy Vijir, a student from St. Joseph Boys School, said that the using of mobile phones distracts and corrupts students mind, and the ban was a good decision.
K. Nagaraj, the Principal of the Poorna Prajna School, said: “Mobile phones should be banned in schools as it would help students to concentrate better.”
London, Sept 16: The border security of the UK has been strengthened, as a record number of fingerprints - over 100,000 a month - are now being collected from foreign nationals overseas applying to come to the country.
Washington, Sept 16: A new survey has found that about two thirds of the people suffer from the phenomenon of "ringxiety” – hearing the mobile phone ring or feeling it vibrate when it is not actually ringing.
The study, conducted by David Laramie of the Wright Institute in Los Angeles, found that the more frequent a person used phone, the more often, he or she reported hearing a phantom ring.
