A 'mobile phone' (also known as a 'wireless phone', 'cell phone', or 'cellular
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}} ]) is a short-range, electronic device used for and mobile voice or data
communication over a network of specialised base stations known as cell sites.
In addition to the standard voice function of a mobile phone, telephone, current
mobile phones may support many additional services, and accessories, such as SMS
for text messaging, email, packet switching for access to the Internet, gaming,
Bluetooth, infrared, camera with video recorder and MMS for sending and
receiving photos and video. Most current mobile phones connect to a cellular
network of base stations (cell sites), which is in turn interconnected to the
public switched telephone network (PSTN) (the exception is satellite phones).
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