AMTA Snapshot Edition 66

International award-winning mobile phone content expert addresses AMTA Annual Conference This year’s international keynote address at the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association Conference ’07 is an award-winning international expert on protecting children accessing new content services on mobile devices. Annie Mullins, the Global Head of Content Standards, Vodafone, UK, will address the Conference on Monday, July 16, in Sydney on the issue of future trends in mobile content and regulation.

Australian mobile telecommunications industry punches above its weight Mobile telephony was an enabling technology that had boosted productivity across entire economy and the Australian industry “punches above its weight” in its economic impact on the economy, Access Economics researchers told an AMTA Members Forum meeting in Sydney last night.

Industry takes a close look at interception and access Bill AMTA’s Law Enforcement Committee will take a close look at the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2007 which was introduced into Parliament yesterday.

Tenders for Pre-paid Mobile Telecommunications Services ID check form. AMTA is working with Government to improve the systems used to collect and retrieve purchaser information at point of sale.

Corporates, councils and schools sign up for Old Phones New Trees campaign Eighty five businesses, schools and councils have joined MobileMuster’s Old Phone New Trees campaign over the past two weeks since it was launched in late May. Businesses include major companies such as Wesfarmers Insurance, Billabong, Computershare, Shell Logistics, Interface Qantas, Toyota, Chubb Security, St Vincents Hospital and Clipsal.

GSMA refutes “unbalanced” British TV Wi-Fi claims Recent claims by BBC programme Panorama that Wi-Fi signals pose significant health risks to children have been refuted by the GSM Association (GSMA) and mobile networks.

Third-generation mobile customers surge The nascent Australian mobile phone advertising market is set to reach $200 million in three years, buoyed by a surge of customers using third-generation services that will hit 13 million by 2010, Australian IT reported this week.

Leaders declare “Distracted Drivers Awareness Day” Leaders from the American state of Virginia have declared Wednesday "Distracted Driver Awareness Day" in an effort to educate motorists on safe driving, reports this week’s GSM Association Environment Insider.