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Mobile industry responds to University of Pittsburgh health claims The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) relies on the expert judgment of public health authorities, such as the World Health Organization (WHO), for assessments of safety and health impacts. AMTA was responding to a memo issued by the director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Dr Ronald B Herberman, who warned his faculty to limit their use of mobile phones on the basis of what he claimed was ?controversial? evidence of a possible link with cancer.

Mobile industry?s tools to assist customers manage their spending The mobile telecommunications industry takes the view that it?s in no-one?s interests for customers to be running up unexpectedly high bills, the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Industry?s Chief Executive Chris Althaus said in response to an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission warning to consumers to check smart phone mobile data charges.

10,000 Australians seek mobile base station EME information Ten thousand Australians have sought and obtained site specific information regarding electromagnetic energy (EME) levels around base stations over the past 12 months from the Mobile Carriers Forum?s Radio Frequency National Site Archive (RFNSA).

Government laboratory tests hearing aids and mobile phones AMTA contracted the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) to characterize the interactions between GSM 1800 MHz digital mobile telephones and hearing aids. NAL had previously conducted similar studies on the interaction of GSM 900 MHz.

MobileMuster Achievement Certificates This week over 2,200 MobileMuster participants will receive a certificate and letter to acknowledge the weight of mobile phones, batteries and accessories they sent to MobileMuster in the 07/08 financial year.

Minister appoints new members to expert consumer body to look at single, national laws The Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, Chris Bowen MP, this week announced the appointment of new members to the Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council (CCAAC).

Health Canada rejects Toronto?s advice to limit the use of mobile phones of children Canada's largest city has recommended that parents limit the cellphone use of their children, but Health Canada said in response that science does not show that cellphones are unsafe, the GSMA Environment Insider reports this week.

Joint Australian ? US satellite-based mobile phone network to be built in WA Construction activity is expected to commence on a joint Australian and United States defence satellite communications ground station at the Australian Defence Satellite Communications Station (ADSCS) Geraldton in the third quarter of 2008.

Journalists use their ?mojo? to find new ways of storytelling Reuters news agency in London has equipped its journalists with a mobile journalism toolkit about a year ago. Reuters' product manager of mobile and emerging media, Ilicco Elia, says this is the start of a future form of journalism and a new way to tell stories. In fact, the BBC's technology editor, Darren Waters, has been filing mojo (mobile journalist) reports from various parts of Europe since late last year, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.