The Children's use of mobile phones ? An international comparison 2011 report provides a detailed picture of mobile phone use by children from the age of eight to 18, following research conducted with more than 3,500 pairs of children and parents in Japan, India, Paraguay and Egypt.

Now in its third year, it builds on the previous two studies conducted in Japan, India, Mexico, Cyprus, China and Korea. The research is sponsored by mobile phone operators in each country, and has covered more than 15,500 pairs of children and their parents.

(1/24/2013)

GSMA and NTT DOCOMO research shows trends and patterns in ownership, usage and attitude amongst children

8 July, 2010, London: The GSMA and NTT DOCOMO's Mobile Society Research Institute (MSRI) today announced trends from a comparative study into the use of mobile phones by children in six widely different countries (Japan, Korea, China, India, Mexico and Cyprus) and the effect that mobile phone usage has on them. Approximately 6,000 pairs of respondents were interviewed, each consisting of a child aged between eight and 18 and parent or guardian.

The report shows clearly how mobile is bridging cultural, social and financial divides between the world's children. For youth, mobile has emerged as a truly universal service, with all surveyed markets showing children's use of the mobile Internet now exceeding their parent's. There are also clear similarities despite socio-economic background for example, messaging far outweighs voice calls and is used four times more by children in Japan than by their parents; in all countries surveyed the age at which mobile use rises substantially is 13  in line with entry to junior high school and in all countries the majority of children own a phone by the age of 15.

The GSMA and NTT DOCOMO's ongoing collaboration, into understanding better children's use of mobile phones, has highlighted the rapid rise in penetration of mobile among the youth market. Analysis of the results provides an insight into some of the social impacts of the mobile phenomenon on young people, many of whom take their use of mobile in daily communication, relationship building and social interaction entirely for granted.

Children show profound differences in their use of mobiles compared with their parents, leading to an interesting insight into trends for the future as these children become young adults. By age 14, around 40 per cent of children use mobile as the main way to access the Internet, with a huge 70 per cent of Japanese children citing this. This unprecedented access reinforces the importance of educating all users about the importance of a safer mobile Internet experiences.

The report shows that, as the unique and lively communication world of children continues to evolve; this sort of benchmarking will have an increasingly valuable role, particularly in identifying and tracking trends and impacts across different countries and cultural environments. The purpose of the survey is to shed light on the comparative state of mobile phone usage by children, its role in relationships between children and their parents, between children and their friends, and how children's social attitudes are affected by their use of communications.

Key findings:

Ownership

• In all countries, ownership of mobile phones increases at entry to junior high school
• In Korea and Cyprus, approximately 90 per cent of children own a mobile by the age of 13, this figure is much lower at 40-60 per cent of children in the other four countries
• Ownership increases progressively, reaching 80 to 90 per cent by high school age (16+)

Usage

• The use of messaging by mobile phone varies from a minimum of 20 messages sent in China and received per day and a maximum of 60 (in Korea and Cyprus)
• Japan has a particularly high ratio of messages to calls, with children sending and receiving between 15 and 20 times as many messages as voice calls
• As age increases, the use of mobile phone messaging also increases
• Children's use of the mobile internet peaks at 70 per cent of 14 year olds in Japan

Relationships

• In all countries, the main method for child-parent mobile communication is voice calling, contrasting sharply with how children communicate with friends
• Children communicate more with mothers using their mobile phone than fathers
• The more children communicate with their parents, the more they trust them

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The full report can be downloaded at: "Children's Use of Mobile Phones 2010 - An International Comparison"

About the GSMA
The GSMA represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world's mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations.
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(07/15/2010)

Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS), which Shinozaki Toshiya serves on a board member representing MSRI, was held at Waseda University from 27 to 30 June 2010. MSRI provided the research books and presentation to the conference.

A senior researcher Hiroyasu YUHASHI presented "The Reliability of New Economic Platform: Mobile Value Exchange Alliance Network" .which created interest of the audience.
Research books of "Children's Use of Mobile Phones and Relationships" and "White Paper on Keitai-Communication2010-2011 Excerpted Version" which came from researches conducted in 2009 were provided to members of ITS in order to give insights into "mobile society" in Japan.

(7/2/2010)

On 9th April, 2010, Hiroyasu YUHASHI, the senior researcher of MSRI gave his research presentation at IUM2010, which held at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan).
This presentation named "How to Activate a Collaboration Network via a Core Employee's Communication?", and introduced the case study about internal activation of collaboration which clued by the Core Enployee in the enterprise.

(6/28/2010)

More than 6,000 children between the ages of 9 and 18 and their parents were surveyed on a range of questions regarding their use, attitudes and feelings toward mobile phones.

While the main factor affecting children's mobile phone ownership is their age (for each additional year in age, an additional 4% of children own a mobile phone), the network effect of friends starting to use mobile phones was also found to be a key trigger for take up of phones by children across all the countries surveyed.

Gender, parental age, parental income and ownership of video games and computers were also found to have an effect on ownership of phones across all the surveyed countries.

• Gender
  4% more girls owned a mobile phone than boys, and 9% more girls who did not own a mobile phone wanted to.
• Parental age
  the older the parents, the older the children are when they first start to own mobile phones.
• Parental Income
  the higher their parents' income the more likely children are to own a mobile phone.
• Computers and video games
  children owning personal computers and video games are more likely to own mobile phones and start using them at an earlier age.

Contrary to theories that mobile phones can be an unwelcome distraction for children, the study found no effective correlation between children's ownership and usage of mobile phones and the time they spent on other activities.

The study also examined children's attitudes toward mobile phones and the ways in which mobiles may influence them. It found that girls, more than boys, view their phones as essential tools in their lives and that children who use mobile e-mail/SMS more frequently tend to show higher levels of trust in new media such as the Internet and slightly reduced trust in traditional media including TV and newspapers.

NTT DOCOMO (MSRI) and the GSMA will provide more details about the study at the forthcoming Mobile World Congress, which takes place in Barcelona from February 16-19.

[Notes to editors]
・ This first international comparative study was compiled by researchers at MSRI and builds on local surveys undertaken by mobile phone operators KTF in Korea, NTT DOCOMO in Japan and academics and researchers in China, Mexico and India.
・ Since 2004, NTT DOCOMO's Mobile Society Research Institute (MSRI) has been studying the impact of mobile phones on society. The research institute operates independently of NTT DOCOMO, conducting research into both contemporary and potential future influences of mobile communications and disclosing its findings to the public through reports, publications and symposia.

Report

Children's Use of Mobile Phones -An International Comparison February 2009

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