CTIA-The Wireless Association® Explores Wireless Educational Opportunities and Parental Controls

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Jan 06, 2014, 12:51 ET

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kids and adults use wireless to enhance their learning in and out of the classroom. It's also important that parents and kids talk about the appropriate and inappropriate uses of wireless to ensure everyone's behaving responsibly while taking full advantage of the numerous benefits mobile offers. In this month's Wonder of Wireless video series and on its blog, CTIA-The Wireless Association® shows how consumers may make the most of the educational opportunities of wireless, as well parental controls that monitor and manage children's wireless use to encourage responsible habits.

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CTIA-The Wireless Association® (www.ctia.org) is an international organization representing the wireless communications industry. Membership in the association includes wireless carriers and their suppliers, as well as providers and manufacturers of wireless data services and products. CTIA advocates on behalf of its members at all levels of government. The association also coordinates the industry's voluntary best practices and initiatives, and sponsors the industry's leading wireless tradeshows. CTIA was founded in 1984 and is based in Washington, D.C.

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