They could be only a phone call away.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11492427

/// A woman living in sub-Saharan Africa is 23% less likely than a man to own a mobile phone, ///

Now there's a fact you didn't know isn't it?

So Mrs Blair along with Mrs Clinton aims to provide 150 million women around the world with access to mobile phone technology.

I bet there are many of Britain's OAPs that would find a completely free mobile phone service a boom?
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[anneasquith]

after a certain age , should mobile phones be banned ?

[hc4361]

No, under a certain age they should be banned,

[ummmm]

Where have the Avatars gone?

No they shouldn't be banned. Why would you think that? My Grandad uses his daily.

[askyourgran]

I use mine to keep in touch with family while I'm out and about. Pay as you go. Motorola passed on to me by my daughter.

[alexanderd]

i bought mine years ago on pay as you go and have never changed it

[anneasquith]

hi alex. but do you know how to turn your phone on ?

[alexanderd]

anne dont make things too complicated for me!!

[patrickhigs]

Well, OAP doesn't care much about modern technology such as cellhpones even if the government would offer free tariff on these.