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Minister opens AMTA?s Technology Showcase at Parliament House The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, launched AMTA?s new publication, Staying Connected, at AMTA?s Technology Showcase at Parliament House, Canberra, on Wednesday evening. AMTA?s Members exhibited their latest mobile telecommunications technology at the Showcase, giving MPs and Senators an opportunity to experience first hand their equipment?s capabilities.

Message from AMTA Chair on Staying Connected The new Corporate Social Responsibility report is an opportunity to share what the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has been doing in the area of community responsibility, says AMTA Chair, Louise Sexton, in the foreword of the new publication Staying Connected.

Rising Australian 3G mobile phone uptake drives flow-on economic benefits, new report finds Rising mobile data traffic flowing from the increasing uptake of 3G mobile telecommunications will contribute an additional $2.1 billion to Australia?s economic output in 2010, a new Access Economics study finds.

Record mobile phone shipments in the year to May, says the Canberra Times The Canberra Times reports on page three today that Australia?s love affair with mobile phones has scaled new heights.

Grant to strengthen consumer voice in telecommunications The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced funding to assist in the establishment of a new telecommunications consumer peak body.

Newspaper reports on AMTA?s Access Economics report A report in the Daily Telegraph says greater use of 3G mobile technology is set to boost economic output by billions of dollars over the next few years, a leading economic forecaster says.

Worldwide mobile subscriptions to reach 5.6 billion by 2013 Cellular News reports that worldwide mobile subscriptions will rise from 3.9 billion in 2008 to 5.6 billion in 2013, according to a new Strategy Analytics report. Discounting for people with more than one subscription, more than half of the world?s population will be using mobile phones by early 2010, up from 40% at the start of this year.