While the sole purpose of the first telephone was to provide a way to speak to someone not in our presence, the cell phone has moved far beyond this concept. In fact, Ian Condry of MIT studies cell phone use in Japan and finds that less than one-third of Japanese cell phone usage involves verbal communication. In some countries, however, it may be the sole way of communicating verbally and maintaining relationships. In certain countries where young men and women are forbidden by religious or cultural norms to communicate in public, the cell phone allows them to speak with one another freely, and without recrimination. A Rutgers University study finds that students speak to their parents more often since the advent of the cellular telephone.