Although mobile phones have brought an enormous amount of convenience to people, they have also brought troubles.

Besides endless spam tax messages, another problem seems even more annoying, that is the so-called "one ring" call.

It is a phone call that only rings one time before the receiver is able to pick it up.

When the receiver calls back, the other side is usually a recorded advertisement.

And when people realize that they have been tricked, they've already paid the costs for the call.

An article in the China Youth Daily says that these malicious calls have troubled many mobile users day and night, but up till now, no concrete measures have been taken by government authorities to solve the problem. It seems that if someone chooses to use a cell phone, he must bear the annoyance.

The number of mobile phone subscribers in China has risen to more than 570 million. Thanks to extensive media reports, many people are taking precautions against the "one ring" calls.

Some users say they won't call back if it is an unknown number.

But the article points out that this doesn't mean the related government departments should turn a blind eye to it.

According to an online survey with more than 200,000 Chinese netizens, nearly 70 percent of the voters believed telecommunication operators profit from these annoying phone calls.

The article argues that the "one ring" calls not only hurt the consumers' finances, but also their public interests.

New technology should not be used to invade public interests.

The articile urges specific regulations and laws to be set up to protect people's legal rights, and their right to enjoy the benefits of information technologies.