AMTA Snapshot Edition 46

NSW Government urged to consider all driver distractions The New South Wales government has been urged to consider the full range of distractions faced by young drivers and not single out mobile phones, the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA), Chris Althaus, said this week

AMTA expresses industry concerns over Government’s content services legislation The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association has expressed significant concern with the Federal Government’s exposure draft on the Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Bill 2006.

Howzat! MobileMuster gets in the swing with Aussie fast bowler Former Australian cricketer, Damien Fleming, will show the accuracy that made him one of the world’s best fast bowlers when he lines up this weekend at Highpoint Shopping Centre to target mobile phone recycling.

Don’t drive to distraction – text before you drive It’s a novel variation of look before you leap – text before you drive. That was the Christmas road safety message from the Federal Government, the Australian Automobile Association and the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association in the run up to the Christmas holidays.

Last year finished on record high for handset shipments Last year finished with a bang with record mobile phone shipments to Australia. According to the industry’s official figures, there were 8,735,090 mobile phone shipments last calendar year. This was 8.9% more than the previous record year of 8,021,724 in 2004.

Ministerial reshuffle on the cards As the new year gets into full swing there is continuing speculation in Canberra that the Prime Minister will take the opportunity at the start of what is an election year to reshuffle his Ministry.