Mobile phones: a must in modern society?

Mobile phones are considered by many as an essential part of modern life, from the businessperson who uses the mobile phone as a vital link with the office, to the teenager or child who has the phone for recreational use. However, due to the vast number of new users, cell phones companies are not able to offer the standard service.


Many mobile phones users claim that one of the main advantages of ownership is the ability to contact friends or family in the event of an emergency. Most women who travel alone feel more secure knowing that in an emergency or breakdown they can summon help without leaving the security of the car.

Furthermore, mobile phones can allow a whole network of employees or offices to communicate each other no matter where they are. Even if each employee has their own land number, when they are away from that location they normally become unreachable. Thus, the effective use of mobile phones can help to improve both employer to employee and employee to employee communications.


On the other hand, the reduction in costs associated with owing and using a mobile phone means that many more people are now able to afford a mobile phone. The main disadvantage of this is that networks can become overcrowded making it extremely difficult to connect. The consequences of this could be disastrous, mobile phones owners are lead to believe that they can contact people in the event of an emergency when, in effect the overcrowded network may make it impossible.


To sum up, it may be said that mobile phones have improved personal and business life by letting users communicate at any time, at any place and at low prices. Nonetheless, cellular phones companies should take the necessary measures to provide all mobile phones users with an adequate service.