Representatives of Irish mobile phone firms are due to be questioned by TDs and Senators today about what they are doing to tackle bullying via mobile phones.

MOBILE phone firms do not have the technology to protect children from abusive and inappropriate calls and text message.

The Oireachtas will introduce legislation to stamp out mobile phone bullying if operators in the market don’t find a solution, it was claimed today.

IRISH chatterboxes spend more money every month on their mobile phones than anyone else in Europe — despite Ireland’s sky-high calling rates.

YOUNGSTERS are improving their communication skills thanks to modern forms of writing like text-messaging and email, educationalists insisted yesterday.

MOBILE phone operators have registered their opposition to any attempt by cinema owners to install jammers that force patrons to observe mobile phone etiquette.

The blocking of mobile phones in cinemas and theatres would be inappropriate and impractical, it was claimed today.

The Irish Cellular Industry Association (ICIA), which represents Irish mobile operators, today said that blocking the use of mobile phones in cinemas and theatres was inappropriate and impractical.

CHILDREN can be abused, bullied, groomed and robbed through their mobile phones, it emerged yesterday.

Minister for Communications Noel Dempsey today launched the Irish Cellular Industry Association (ICIA) code of practice for the regulation of new forms of content and services on mobile phones.

TEENS who carry out or encourage so-called “happy slapping” attacks for kicks could end up laughing all the way to the garda station after a warning that they leave a clear trail of evidence in their wake.

Parents were being warned this afternoon to keep on eye on their children's mobile phones.

The Irish cellular industry has questioned a Dáil Committee recommendation that all mobile phones carry radiation warnings in future.

Mobile phone operators are preparing to trial new software designed to prevent pornographic images from being sent via picture phones.

THIEVES steal more mobile phones at Christmas than at any time of the year, shoppers were warned yesterday.

CONCERN has been raised about the level of violence used in mobile phone thefts.

The country's three mobile networks have agreed new methods to protect children from unsuitable material available on the next generation of mobile technology.

NEW TECHNOLOGY to prohibit the spread of offensive and inappropriate material through mobile phones must be implemented as soon as possible, Oireachtas Communications Committee chairman Noel O’Flynn said last night.

Ireland’s mobile phone operators are planning new measures to prevent children from accessing mobile phone pornography.

A HUGE surge in mobile phone theft has resulted in 40 mobile phones being reported stolen every day, according to official figures released yesterday.

A prominent Donegal businessman has claimed that parts of his body have been burned by his mobile phone.