Mobile phone tracking

Maxis Communications in Malaysia is touting the value added service that allows spouses to track down the "better half's whereabout" down to the street level.

Is this a worhtwhile service? Well, I think that if a spouse needs to track his or her partner down than may be, a counselling session is more in order for the married partners. It just doesn't show the trust that is required for a marriage to last, doesn't it? How would it sound when she comes up to him and says "Darling, here is this service that helps me to know that you really are where you tell me you are at night." Or, imagine, you sit in a meeting and your phone is beeping to request a confirmation of your location? Doesn't give a good impression to your business partner, does it?

Okay - and what about child abduction? Serious child abductors would throw away the phone anyway, if they are clever, especially today with the increasing possibility of a Global Positioning System. So this doesn't help very much or, in fact, it might give a security feeling to parents and children that it helps and subsequently makes them more careless. Surely, there are better value added services than this one.

(By Asia Business Consulting)