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Mobile Telephone Access for Education

With mobile telephone access reaching over five billion of the world's population, the United Nations educational agency recently announced the launch of an initiative to harness technology and bring mobile phone use into the classroom. In a statement issued in Paris, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared a global summit and symposium that gathered experts from around the world to discuss the impact of the mobile telephone on education and learning. The symposium was held in mid December.

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