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India's Wildlife Heritage by Pratheek
India's Wildlife Heritage by Pratheek
Thus, a cell phone arrival of latest technologies and services is making cell
almost doubles as a personal computer. The cell phone is phones a much more comprehensive machine as compared
of immense help when one is stuck in an emergency to earlier versions.
situation and needs help. It is also very easy to track the However, cell phones have come to be blamed for a lot
exact location of a cell phone and thus, tracking criminals of troubles like disturbance caused by them in classroom
becomes possible for the police in some cases. It is also environment, official meetings, formal functions, in a flight
used by institutions or companies to conduct detailed and cases of vehicular accidents when people drive while
surveys. talking on phone. But these problems have cropped up due to
Many young entrepreneurial brains have devised new human negligence and non-adhcience to rules. These can be
and innovative ways of using cell phones. Some vegetable prevented with a little effort or alertness. Another strand of
vendors in Delhi have begun to take their orders on cell argument is that cell phones are considered to be an
phones and deliver vegetables at the doorsteps. Many intrusion of one's privacy as they can easily be hacked to steal
companies are promoting their products by sending mass one's personal information. Besides, it can also compromise
SMSs. Today most of the orders, be it for a pizza or a one's security as the user's exact location can be traced by
bulk supply of manufactured goods, can be placed through a tracking his/her cell phone. Further, camera-enabled phones
cell phone. In fact, Ideal Cellular, one of India's premier can be used to take one's offensive photographs without
telecom companies, promotes itself by suggesting (as a his/her knowledge and can later be morphed. What is more,
comic relief) various innovative ways to use cell phones scores of researches have revealed that excessive use of cell
like use of mobile numbers as people's identity in lieu of phones can cause tumours and cancer.
names. Cell phones can also pose threats to national security.
The concept of education through cell phones, i.e. m- One example of this is the recent BlackBerry controversy in
learning, focuses on constant mobility of the learner. M- India. Two BlackBerry users can exchange encrypted
learning basically implies that the plethora of untailored messages which cannot be decoded even by Research In
information available on the Internet or through the Motion, the makers of BlackBerry. The Government of
other services that a cell phone offers, can be gathered India is of the opinion that this service can be misused by
by the learner instantaneously with the help of a cell criminal elements, and hence it has made it clear that if
phone. the manufacturers do not work out a solution to this
Recendy, Microsoft announced the release of new mobile problem, this particular service will be blocked in India.
hotmail SMS service, which will enable all the hotmail Concerned with security issues, the Department of
users to receive and read e-mails as also reply through Telecom had disconnected about 24 million Chinese
SMS. This will be useful for India's over 600 million cell handsets in 2009 as they did not possess the International
phone users, only 18 million of whom have GPRS-enabled Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number, which allows
cell phones. As and when recommendations made by the lawful tracking of a particular handset. It is also known
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in that cell phones were also used to coordinate the 26/11
August 2008 to permit Internet service providers to offer Mumbai terrorist attacks. In the light of national interests,
unrestricted Internet telephony, are cleared by the these security issues must be handled with greater vigilance so
government, the charges of domestic long distance calls that untowrard occurrences could be avoided.
are expected to halve and those of international calls are Cell phones have become a part and parcel of our lives,
set to fall to a fifth. The much anticipated 3G technology affecting all sections of the modern society, in one way or
has also arrived in India, which will earn much higher the other, transforming our lives in myriad unimaginable
revenue for the service providers due to its value-added ways. Being the speediest mode of communication, it
services. The technology, intended for multimedia-enabled has ousted all its rivals from competition in no time. It
and smart phones, provides up to 3 Mbps speed for has evolved far more than what it was intended to be; it
downloading, video broadcasting, stock transactions, e- has intensely touched our lives and hence is definitely a
learning, Internet surfing, fax services, etc. Thus, the boon.