A new report produced by the GSMA and the NTT Docomo Mobile Society Research Institute shows that 69 percent of children aged eight to 18 use mobile phones, with 40 percent in the surveyed countries stating that they regularly use mobile to access the internet. The new research is the third in a series of international studies on the use of mobile phones by children and which investigated more than 3,500 children and their parents in Egypt, Japan, Paraguay and India. “This series of research gives us a real understanding over time of the changing dynamics of children’s use of mobile on a regional basis and by taking these learnings and applying them, the industry is leading the debate on how to provide a positive experience and protect young people online,” said Tom Philips, Chief Regulatory Officer at the GSMA.