AMTA Snapshot Edition 102

Mobile phone industry committed to codes and meeting customer needs Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, this week warned the telecommunications industry about what he said were high levels of consumer complaints about services reported to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman.

AMTA briefs the Government and Opposition on key industry issues and programs The Chair of the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association, Louise Sexton, and the Chief Executive Officer, Chris Althaus, undertook meetings yesterday with the Government and the Opposition in Canberra as part of stakeholder engagement to make politicians aware of mobile telecommunications issues.

Social networking expert to address AMTA Members’ Forum in Sydney next month The AMTA Networking Forum next month will host an address by one of Australia’s leading experts on web bullying, online child exploitation and social networking.

New Zealand Police Want Operators to Archive SMSs Police in New Zealand are seeking a change in the law to compel the mobile operators to archive text messages sent through their networks for crime fighting purposes. Vodafone does not currently archive messages, and Telecom has said that it plans to stop storing them by the end of this year.

Operators want fewer new mobile masts Admitting they are unlikely to increase revenues as mobile data usage rises, operators say they need to cut costs by re-using existing base stations for new mobile technologies, the GSMA’s Environment Insider reports this week.

Get fast-food facts from your mobile phone Ignorance may be bliss, but if you have a mobile phone it may no longer be an excuse to indulge in unhealthy eating, the CTIA Smartbrief reports this week.

New rules for telco equipment in NZ New regulations covering the size of telecommunications equipment in New Zealand, and the noise it makes, have been approved and will be drafted, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard was reported in the New Zealand Herald.