Table A8 MOBILE PHONE LAWS by COUNTRY/AREA
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TABLE A8 MOBILE PHONE LAWS BY COUNTRY/AREA Law applies to Data on the use of Legislation on mobile Hand-held and mobile phones while Country/area phone use while driving Hand-held phones hands-free phones driving available Afghanistan No — — No Albania Yes Yes No No Andorra Yes Yes No No Angola Yes Yes No Yes Argentina Yes Yes Yes Yes Armenia Yes Yes No Yes Australia Subnational Yes No Yes Austria Yes Yes No Yes Azerbaijan Yes Yes No No Bahamas No — — No Bahrain Yes Yes No Yes Bangladesh Yes Yes Yes No Barbados No — — No Belarus Yes Yes No No Belgium Yes Yes No No Belize No — — No Benin Yes Yes Yes No Bhutan Yes Yes Yes No Bolivia (Plurinational State of) No — — No Bosnia and Herzegovina Yes Yes No Yes Botswana Yes Yes No Yes Brazil Yes Yes No No Brunei Darussalam Yes Yes No Yes Bulgaria Yes Yes No No Burkina Faso Yes Yes No No Burundi No — — No Cambodia Yes Yes No Yes Cameroon Yes Yes Yes No Canada Subnational Yes No Yes Cape Verde Yes Yes No Yes Central African Republic No — — No Chad No — — No Chile Yes Yes No Yes China Yes Yes No — Colombia Yes Yes No No Comoros No — — No Congo Yes — — No Cook Islands No — — No Costa Rica Yes Yes No Yes Côte d'Ivoire No — — No Croatia Yes Yes No Yes Cuba Yes Yes No — Cyprus Yes Yes No No Czech Republic Yes Yes No Yes Democratic People's Yes Yes Yes No Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the No — — Yes Congo Denmark Yes Yes No No Dominica No — — No Dominican Republic Yes Yes No No Ecuador Yes Yes No No 284 Law applies to Data on the use of Legislation on mobile Hand-held and mobile phones while Country/area phone use while driving Hand-held phones hands-free phones driving available Egypt Yes Yes No No El Salvador Yes Yes Yes Yes Equatorial Guinea Yes Yes Yes Yes Estonia Yes Yes No Yes Ethiopia Yes Yes Yes No Fiji Yes Yes Yes No Finland Yes Yes No Yes France Yes Yes Yes Yes Gabon No — — No Gambia Yes Yes No No Georgia Yes Yes No Yes Germany Yes Yes No Yes Ghana No — — No Greece Yes Yes No Yes Guatemala Yes Yes Yes No Guinea Yes Yes Yes No Guinea-Bissau No — — No Guyana Yes Yes No No Honduras Yes Yes No No Hungary Yes Yes No No Iceland Yes Yes No Yes India Subnational — — No Indonesia Yes Yes Yes No Iran (Islamic Republic of) Yes Yes Yes Yes Iraq Yes Yes No No Ireland Yes Yes No Yes Israel Yes Yes No No Italy Yes Yes No Yes Jamaica No — — No Japan Yes Yes No Yes Jordan Yes Yes No Yes Kazakhstan Yes Yes No No Kenya Yes Yes Yes No Kiribati No — — — Kuwait Yes Yes No Yes Kyrgyzstan Yes Yes No Yes Lao People's Democratic Yes Yes Yes No Republic Latvia Yes Yes No No Lebanon Yes Yes Yes No Lesotho — — — No Liberia No — — No Lithuania Yes Yes No Yes Luxembourg Yes Yes No No Madagascar Yes Yes No No Malawi Yes — — — Malaysia Yes Yes No Yes Maldives Yes Yes Yes Yes Mali Yes Yes No Yes Malta Yes Yes No Yes Marshall Islands No — — Yes 285 Law applies to Data on the use of Legislation on mobile Hand-held and mobile phones while Country/area phone use while driving Hand-held phones hands-free phones driving available Mauritania Yes Yes Yes — Mauritius Yes Yes Yes No Mexico Subnational Yes No No Micronesia (Federated States No — — No of) Mongolia Yes Yes No No Montenegro Yes Yes Yes Yes Morocco Yes Yes No No Mozambique Yes Yes Yes No Myanmar No — — No Namibia Yes Yes No Yes Nepal No — — Yes Netherlands Yes Yes No Yes New Zealand Yes Yes No Yes Nicaragua Yes Yes No No Niger No — — No Nigeria Yes Yes Yes Yes Niue No — — No Norway Yes Yes No No Oman Yes Yes No Yes Pakistan Subnational Yes No No Palau No — — No Panama Yes Yes No Yes Papua New Guinea No — — No Paraguay No — — No Peru Yes Yes No No Philippines Subnational — — Yes Poland Yes Yes No No Portugal Yes Yes No No Qatar Yes Yes No — Republic of Korea Yes Yes No — Republic of Moldova Yes Yes No No Romania Yes Yes No No Russian Federation Yes Yes No Yes Rwanda Subnational — — No Saint Kitts and Nevis Yes Yes No No Saint Lucia No — — No Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No — — No Samoa Yes Yes Yes Yes San Marino Yes Yes No No Sao Tome and Principe No — — No Saudi Arabia Yes Yes No Yes Senegal Yes Yes Yes No Serbia Yes Yes Yes No Seychelles No — — No Sierra Leone Yes Yes No No Singapore Yes Yes No No Slovakia Yes Yes No No Slovenia Yes Yes No No Solomon Islands No — — No South Africa Yes Yes No Yes Spain Yes Yes No Yes Sri Lanka Yes Yes No No Sudan Yes Yes Yes No Suriname Yes Yes No Yes 286 Law applies to Data on the use of Legislation on mobile Hand-held and mobile phones while Country/area phone use while driving Hand-held phones hands-free phones driving available Swaziland Yes Yes No Yes Sweden No — — No Switzerland Yes Yes No Yes Syrian Arab Republic Yes Yes Yes Yes Tajikistan Yes Yes No Yes Thailand Yes Yes No Yes The former Yugoslav Republic Yes Yes No Yes of Macedonia Timor-Leste Yes Yes Yes No Togo No — — Yes Tonga No — — No Trinidad and Tobago Yes Yes No No Tunisia Yes Yes No No Turkey Yes Yes Yes Yes Uganda Yes Yes No No Ukraine Yes Yes No No United Arab Emirates Yes Yes No Yes United Kingdom Yes Yes No Yes United Republic of Tanzania No — — No United States of America Subnational — — Yes Uruguay No — — No Uzbekistan Yes Yes Yes Yes Vanuatu No — — No Venezuela (Bolivarian Yes Yes No No Republic of) Viet Nam Yes Yes Yes No West Bank and Gaza Stripa Yes Yes No No Yemen Yes Yes No No Zambia Yes Yes Yes No Zimbabwe Yes Yes No No a Non-member area. 287.