Mobile phones or cell phone is now a compulsory friend who can not be separated from the Indonesian people themselves. Based on exposure data ConsumerLab Ericsson, besides as a communication tool, mobile phones have other functions. What are they?

According to research in the year 2009, there were five existing mobile phone function in society. Mobile that used to serve only as a communication tool, now has changed.

Here the percentage of 5 function mobile phones for the people of Indonesia:

1. As a communication tool for staying connected with friends and family = 65%
2. As a symbol of class society = 44%
3. As a business support = 49%
4. As a modifier social boundaries of society = 36%
5. As a means of relieving stress = 36%

Based on exposure data above, the utility of mobile phones as a communication tool turned out to remain the number one reason, with the percentage of 65%.

Well, two interesting points here is the phone function as a symbol of social status with the percentage of 44%, followed by the function to change the social status in society, with the percentage of 36%. This is indeed a reality that happens in society.

With 5 functions of mobile phones for the people of Indonesia at the top, then the business potential of the mobile phone industry [mobile phone] is still promising in the coming years. “10% increase from this sector, it can even increase government revenues by 1.2%,”.