The mobile phone has transformed the way the world functions, both the business world and personal relationships. It has become a status symbol in the developing world, and sometimes men are demanding mobile phones from their in-laws as part of their dowry. The mobile phone is making it easier for people to pursue amorous relationships even where men and women are not allowed to freely meet each other. In Bangladesh, mobile phone companies are prospering, while many poor people are being bankrupt by their mobile phone addiction.