Snapshot Edition 21

Lightning strike risk not linked to mobile phones Recent media claims that mobile phones increase the risk of being hit by lightning were misleading, AMTA CEO Chris Althaus said in a series of letters published in newspapers across Australia. AMTA's reponse has also been published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) in response to an earlier report in the Journal.

Barry Borzillo resigns as Ericsson MD - thanks from AMTA This week saw the announcement by Ericsson Australia that Managing Director Barry Borzillo has tendered his resignation and confirmed that he would be joining Tenix Solutions in the role of CEO. Mr Borzillo has been an influential figure within the AMTA network, serving as Deputy Chair and Chair of AMTA's Finance and Audit Committee.

Mobilemuster DVD released - where do all those old phones go? Hosted by Richard Morecroft, a five minute DVD explains what happens to all those mobile phones collected by Mobilemuster. For a copy of the DVD contact MobileMuster.

HSDPA to Take 65% of Mobile Broadband Market 3.5G subscribers will boom from 2.5 million at the end of 2006 to more than 200 million in 2010, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media.

AMTA's Mobile Telecommunications Conference 2006 New technology, new applications, convergence - what does it mean for your business and the bottom line? These are some of the issues to be considered at AMTA's Mobile Telecommunications Conference '06 on September 20-21.

It's a bird, it's a plane....no it's a mobile phone booth Just when you thought the mobile phone had robbed Superman of his much loved phone booth, the proverbial booth is making a comeback.