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Most American teenagers use their phones to access the Internet, with one-fourth of them going online mostly on their mobile device.

Mobile advertising is soaring and growing in sophistication, industry analysts say, but the money is pouring into tablets at a much faster rate than their smaller smartphone rivals.

A transparent film that costs just one euro ($1.30) to make could bring an end to the anguish of mobile phone users facing the dreaded dead-battery message.

Lightning-fast fourth generation mobile networks are spreading rapidly worldwide, led by the United States, Japan and South Korea, but Europe lags behind and its economic crisis could brake investment.

As Mozambique struggles to recover from the worst flooding in more than a decade, aid agencies are pioneering the use of mobile phones to distribute aid and, they hope, cut the cost of logistics in disaster zones.

Google began Wednesday letting businesses target mobile ads based on how close smartphone users might be to shops or what they might be craving at certain times of day.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it had filed a complaint to seek a US import ban on some Ericsson products in an escalating patent battle with the Swedish mobile giant.

South Korean mobile operator KT said Wednesday it has submitted a preliminary bid for French group Vivendi's stake in Moroccan carrier Maroc in a deal estimated to be worth more than $7 billion.

Afghanistan has launched a new literacy programme that enables Afghan women deprived of a basic education during decades of war to learn to read and write using a mobile phone.

Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram on Thursday claimed a set of fires at telecom masts across the north, while threatening journalists with the Voice of America radio network.

A US civil rights advocacy group has launched a free mobile phone application that allows users to record police activity discreetly, saying it will help boost police force accountability.

Google said Tuesday it was discontinuing its iGoogle page designed as Web "portal," saying it had become less relevant in the age of the mobile Internet.

The Internet services industry grew by 53,2% as compared to 2010, with Internet services to households growing by 75.7%.

Kazakhstan Minister of Transport and Coomunications Askar Zhumagaliyev talked about implementation of mobile payments in Kazakhstan.

The Ministry on Transport and Communication reports that 4G will be piloted in Almaty and Astana this year.

In 2011 the Company’s customer base in this country reached 1.4 million people.

Kazakhtelecom has closed the deal on selling its 49-percent stake in GSM Kazakhstan.

GSM Kazakhstan is a mobile carrier providing its services under the brandnames of Kcell, Activ, Vegaline.

Cell phone users in Kazakhstan made over 50 million calls on the New Year’s night and sent around 13 million text messages.

In the post-soviet area MNP is available in the Baltic States and Georgia.
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