Socio-economic Consequences of Cellular Phone: A case study of village 83 JB, Tehsil and District Faisalabad

Abstract

The concpet of cOlmectivity and social networking has been entirley changed by information and communicatio n tec1mologies (lCT). The cell phone, a smaller but significant part of this broader phenomenon has brought more of a social rather technological change. It has covered the distance from luxury to necessity without prediction in less incidence of time. Due to unpredictable nature of this gadget, social scienti sts have failed to assess its consequences. The cell phone has gradually become part and parcel of everyday life. The social fabric has been immensely penetrated by the phenomenon of keeping and using cell phones. Individuals are so enveloped in its accessories that life calmot be imagincd without cell phone. The physical characteristics of cell phone have determined its relatcd social actions. TJ1e cell phone and its added out dishes have shaped its increased usagc and dependency. "According to the statistics of the International Telecommunications Union, in the mid-1990s, less than one person in twenty had a mobile telephone; as of 2003, this had risen to one person in five". 1 "In the mid-1990s, the GSM system was just being commercialized, there were serious coverage and interoperability issues that were not yet sOlied out and handsets were only begilming to be something that did not require a car to transport them."