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August 23, 2013 12:03 am GMT
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UK Considers Ban on Tiny Mobile Phones
In the '90s, when cellphones were starting to become popular, it seemed as though manufacturers raced to make mobile phones smaller and smaller. Then came smartphones and big screens. But a market for tiny cell phones still exists: in prison.
UK authorities are mulling a ban on tiny mobile phones, designed to resemble car key fobs, to keep them away from British prisons where they can easily be smuggled in, per the BBC
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"We're now working closely with the Serious Organised Crime Agency and Trading Standards to remove these small mobiles from sale in the UK, as well as legislating to block phone signals in prisons," a prison service spokesman told the BBC. Read more...
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