Camera phones boost telco industry but raise security, privacy concerns

by Roberto Coloma
SINGAPORE, June 19 (AFP) - Smile, you're on candid telephone!
Digital camera-equipped mobile phones that can take high-quality pictures and video clips stole the show at CommunicAsia, the region's largest telecom fair, which drew thousands of industry players to Singapore last week. With sharper optics, bigger memory, music playback and high-speed data transfer, mobile phones have become powerful multi-media devices, creating new revenue streams for handset manufacturers and telecom operators.