The company says it is simply keeping a database of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell phone towers near the user's location.

VOA: special.2011.05.02

The latest version of the box uses mobile phone technology, and solar panels in case the electrical power fails.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Jim Jennings from the Allstate Insurance Company says the number one cause of distracted-driving accidents is the mobile phone.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

When farmers buy their inputs, the store worker uses a mobile phone camera to scan barcode symbols that match the product.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

"For example in Rwanda, where cell phone-based technologies are being used to keep track of dispensation of drugs to patients with H.I.V.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

The group says the strongest growth in mobile phone use now comes from newly industrialized and developing countries.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

Farmers register at businesses taking part in the program and receive a policy number through their mobile phone.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

A recent report predicted that the number of mobile phone accounts worldwide will reach almost four and a half billion this year.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

We talked with Jamaica Corker, on her cell phone, at the Population Services International office in the D.R.C.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

Reaching for a cell phone when it's going off, you're nine times more likely to get into an accident than normally driving."

VOA: special.2010.07.01

He says talking on the phone or reaching for it is like drinking four beers and driving.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

She developed a mobile phone-based system that permits people to share important information throughout the Habla network.

VOA: special.2011.03.02

An app can be as simple as a program that turns a mobile phone into a flashlight to light your way at night.

VOA: special.2011.03.22

Researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada are studying a mobile phone system that may help people with diabetes control their blood pressure.

VOA: special.2010.12.06