Article: Teenagers and Mobile Phones--Survey Finds 71% of North American Teens Have Free Reign Over Mobile Phone Usage

GAITHERSBURG, Md.--(CCNMatthews - Aug 29, 2005) -

Survey results released today from ACE*COMM Corporation (NASDAQ:ACEC) indicate most North American parents aren't supervising the mobile phone use of their teenaged children. Seventy-one percent of teenagers surveyed admit they enjoy unrestricted use of their mobile phones. The online survey, conducted for ACE*COMM by Itracks, polled 1000 teens across North America between the ages of 13 and 18 from July 30 to August 9, 2005.

The Itracks survey also found that many teenagers are abusing their mobile phone privileges. More than one-third (38 percent) of teens surveyed use their mobile phones to text-message their friends

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