AMTA Snapshot Edition 41

AMTA to express industry concern about anti-money laundering legislation at Senate hearing AMTA Chief Executive Officer Chris Althaus will appear before the Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee in Sydney next week to express the mobile telecommunication industry’s concerns about proposed new anti-money laundering legislation.

Strong mobile phone shipments growth in October The latest industry mobile phone shipment figures show there were 982,040 shipments in October 2006. This took the total shipments for the year to 7.18 million. This is 13% higher than the same 10-month period for 2005. The October 2006 shipments were nearly 18% higher than the 833,656 total shipments in October 2005. In 2005 there were 8,008,419 shipments for the year.

60% of Integral Energy staff help round up mobiles during National Recycling Week Over 2,500 Integral Energy staff across 17 sites in greater western Sydney rounded up 1500 phones as part of their contribution to National Recycling Week. “This is the highest return rate per staff member we have seen so far for a corporate muster”, said Rose Read, Manager Recycling.

MCF meets with Redlands Council and local MP The Federal Member for Bowman, Andrew Laming MP (Lib), facilitated a meeting between the MCF and Redlands Council this week in an effort to enhance carrier and local council engagement on mobile phone base station deployment in South East Queensland.

ACMA to hold inaugural spectrum management conference The Australian Communications and Media Authority will hold its first annual conference on spectrum management, RadComms 2006, on 11 and 12 December at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney.

Cricket networking opportunity proves a big hit New contacts were made, acquaintances renewed, key industry issues discussed with senior government and department advisers and media representatives – all against the backdrop of Phil Jaques scoring a run-a-ball 112 to put the game firmly in the grip of the Australians and the Englishmen on the back foot.

Mobile phone revenue surpasses fixed line, says report IBISWorld predicts that this financial year will be the first time ever that mobile telephone usage will generate more money than fixed line telephones.

New copyright laws risk making criminals of everyday Australians, says IIA The Internet Industry Association has warned that changes to Australia's copyright laws being rushed through Parliament risked making criminals out of everyday Australians.

Minister to deliver opening address at ACMA ICE conference The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, will deliver an opening address to the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s ICE Conference in Canberra next week.

Availability of communications services increasing around Australia Competition, new technology and new infrastructure deployments are helping to improve the availability of communications services across Australia, according to a report released this week by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

Deployment of world’s first in-flight mobile phone service MACH says that it has been selected as a partner by AeroMobile to support the deployment of the world's first in-flight mobile service, according to Cellular-News reports. Emirates, one of the world's largest airlines with a state of the art fleet of aircraft, will be the first carrier to introduce the service.