Snapshot Edition 24

AMTA rejects QLD's call for total ban AMTA is strongly against calls from Queensland for a total ban on mobile phone use for all drivers. AMTA CEO Chris Althaus rejected this week’s call by Parliamentary Travelsafe Committee Chair Jim Pearce for an inquiry into a total ban.

ACCC reveals new communications structure The ACCC has announced its new structure for the group responsible for telecommunications regulation. Former Telstra and Siemens executive Jim Park joins the Communications group, formerly known as Telecommunications

Music and sport helping to drive 3G mobile handset shipments The popularity of music and sport on 3G phones is helping to drive shipments of mobile phone handsets to Australia in the first half of this year. The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association’s new industry figures show there were 3,928,167 mobile phone handsets imported to Australia in the six months from January 2006 until the end of June 2006.

AMTA welcomes ACMA focus The Australian Communications and Media Authority is reviewing its operations to ensure that it is more responsive, Chair and CEO Chris Chapman said in an interview in yesterday’s The Australian newspaper.

AMTA’s Mobile Telecommunications Conference 2006 The program for AMTA's Mobile Telecommunications Conference 2006 has been released. 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 this year's conference on September 20-21.

City Office Blocks to Muster up Mobiles for AMP Capital Investors Green Week For the week commencing July 24, MobileMuster will have mobile phone recycling points in the foyer of six city office blocks in Melbourne and Sydney.

Mobile phone technology aids Swedish evacuation from Lebanon Swedish citizens stranded in war-torn Lebanon have been evacuated thanks to a four day effort co-ordinated by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, supported by mobile phone technology.

Water powered Mobiles Japanese mobile provider DoCoMo and Aquafairy have jointly announced that they will develop a water-based micro fuel cell for mobile phones. The portable device can charge a handset several times at approximately the same speed as a normal AC adaptor.