The remarkable uptake of mobile telephony in India is one of the great success stories of recent years and, despite the global economic downturn, the Indian cellphone sector continues to power ahead like there’s no tomorrow. However, according to the upper house of the Indian Parliament, all the mobile chattering is making Indians so impatient and rude that it is considering bringing in legislation that could lead to jail sentences for the most persistent offenders, writes Martyn Warwick.
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RFP: Study on human factors in the information disorder and finding measures to counter
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No-mobile Pete
Seems like appropriate social integration is always lagging the technical possibilities by a wide margin – this kind of perceived rudeness has become an everyday sight in Germany, too, with officials struggling to find the right measure of disciplining legislation…