AMTA Snapshot Edition 114

Politicians hands-on with latest mobile technology at next week?s Showcase MPs and Senators will have a hands-on opportunity at next week?s AMTA Showcase to experience first hand the latest technology offered by our industry and ask questions of technical experts, who will be on hand to assist them. The Showcase will be held in Parliament House, Canberra, on Wednesday, June 25, and will be attended by AMTA Board Members.

MMF features MobileMuster on international podcast AMTA Chief Executive Officer, Chris Althaus, has been interviewed for a podcast on the MobileMuster recycling program by the Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF).

Australians set new mobile phone recycling World Record Australians have handed in a record 2,590 mobile phones for recycling through MobileMuster, creating a World Record for the largest number of mobile phones handed in for recycling in one country in one hour.

MCF Design and Innovation Program ? UK feedback The MCF recently received positive feedback regarding the outcomes of the MCF Design and Innovation Program from the UK?s Mobile Operators Association (MOA).

Parliament announces inquiry into international roaming charges AMTA will work with its members to respond to the House of Representatives Communications Committee's inquiry into international mobile roaming charges announced yesterday.

Consumers reap benefits of the investments and innovations made by carriers, says ACCC Two annual statutory reports prepared by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on telecommunications competitive safeguards, and changes in the prices paid for telecommunications services were tabled in Parliament yesterday.

ACMA warns about recorded calls offering holiday prize The Australian Communications and Media Authority has warned people about telemarketing calls offering an ?unexpected prize? that are being made to Australian consumers on the Do Not Call Register.

Call for greater collaboration on e-security and cyber safety The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, joined other Ministers from around the world in adopting the ?Seoul Declaration? at the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy held on 17?18 June in Seoul, Korea.

Brazil, Russia, India and China ? emerging middle-class drives ?extreme? mobiles growth Brazil, Russia, India and China -collectively known as BRIC - represent the next great growth curve for both the mobile and interactive marketing industries. Home to over 40% of the world's population, the BRIC countries form the core of an emergent global middle class that will number over 1 billion people by 2015.