AMTA Snapshot Edition 79

Mobile phone users’ safety reassured with UK study Mobile phone users would be reassured about their safety following the findings of the biggest United Kingdom scientific research program into health risks associated with mobile phone technology, the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) said today. AMTA Chief Executive Officer, Chris Althaus, said the six-year research program, including 23 peer-reviewed studies, had found no association between short-term mobile phone use and brain cancer.

AMTA represented at school forum on mobile phones and bullying The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association will be represented at a school anti-bullying forum in Canberra next week. Telopea Park School is holding a forum to inform parents about issues related to cyber bullying and misuse of mobile phones by some students.

The Canberra political game hots up as teams get down to business for the final quarter This week AMTA Chief Executive Officer, Chris Althaus, met with Deputy Prime Minister, Mark Vaile, to discuss the current political landscape and outline the work AMTA has done in relation to understanding the economic, social and environmental contribution made by mobile telecommunications.

A cool day out on the hot topic of global warming Illawarra residents can help combat climate change by recycling their old mobile phones, batteries or accessories at the MobileMuster stand at Cool Day Out, Smith’s Hill High School, tomorrow.

August mobile phone shipments up 10% on same month last year Shipments of mobile phone handsets to Australia in August jumped 10% over the same period 12 months ago, according to the latest official industry figures.

Ugly duckling mobile brick transformed into a mini-3G slimline swan The technology behind the mobile phone is celebrating its 20th anniversary. On September 7, 1987, 15 phone firms signed an agreement to build mobile networks based on the Global System for Mobile Communications, the MX newspaper reported this week.

“The Great Mobile Phone Lie “– so says the Nation newspaper in Nairobi AMTA’s mythbuster on mobile phones causing petrol stations to explode has been quoted in a newspaper in Kenya this week. The Nation newspaper in Nairobi cited AMTA’s debunking of such erroneous claims.

Russian Crime Department crackdown on used mobile phone sales The Moscow Times reports that the Russian government is proposing tougher curbs on the sale of used mobile phones as a new report shows that stealing handsets has become the country's top economic crime.