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Recycling Mobile Phones May Save Gorillas
2019-01-07 09:00:00| Waste Age
Continued mining for materials for new phones endangers the environment and animal populations, a new study finds.
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Restaurant chain bans mobile phones
2018-11-28 14:24:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Kids will eat free at Frankie & Benny's this week if their parents surrender their phones to staff.
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Mobile phones: Send a text to end your contract
2017-12-19 15:29:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Regulator Ofcom says the change means customers can avoid an awkward and long call to their operator.
Ban sale of mini mobile phones, justice secretary says
2017-12-17 16:05:37| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The tiny devices are designed to evade prison body scanners, the justice secretary says.
IoT devices set to overtake mobile phones by 2018 - Ericsson
2016-06-01 11:21:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) are poised to overtake the number of standalone mobile phones by 2018, according to Ericsson's latest Mobility Report. A growing demand for IoT devices connected to smart meters and cars, as well as falling costs and innovative applications, will help IoT connected devices grow by a CAGR of 23 percent annually over the next five years. As a result, IoT connected devices will account for close to 16 billion of a total 28 billion connected devices by 2021, said Ericsson. The report also revealed that smartphone subscriptions are expected to overtake those for basic phones in the third quarter for the first time, before increasing from 3.4 billion to 6.3 billion by 2021. Smartphones accounted for nearly 80 percent of all mobile phones sold in the first three months of the year, said Ericsson.
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