AMTA Snapshot Edition 146

Industry promotes safe and responsible drivers? use of hands-free mobiles AMTA is committed to working with the community to help raise drivers? awareness of safe and responsible practices of using hands-free mobile phones, which are not a guarantee of safety in all road conditions and driving situations. AMTA CEO Chris Althaus said the industry had engaged in a wide range of partnerships to raise awareness of safety issues.

Fraud forum gathers experts to slam scams Australians remain too complacent about the risk of fraud, despite losing an estimated $1 billion a year to scams, chair of the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce Peter Kell, has warned.

What's the latest on EMF and Cancer claims? There is sometimes media speculation suggesting a possible link between mobile phones and cancer, base stations and cancer clusters. This can raise public concern, however, it is important to look at all of the available scientific evidence when making heath risk assessments and not jump to conclusions.

Harnessing mobile technology for health Not content with offering calls, texts and Internet access, the mobile phone industry is convinced it can help save lives and offer health services to millions worldwide, Agence France-Presse reports in the GSMA Environment Insider this week.

MobileMuster joins local councils in grassroots recycling campaigns AMTA?s recycling program, Mobilemuster, will be involved with grassroots community events in Victoria and New South Wales this weekend to promote the importance of mobile phone recycling with key local government recycling partners.

Mobile communications is uniquely placed to drive economic growth At the GSMA's Leadership Summit, bringing together 400 CEOs, government ministers and officials, industry leaders today stressed the unique role that broadband, specifically mobile broadband, can play as an economic stimulus. Those leaders called for governments to support the rollout of mobile broadband services to drive economic growth.

Australian Government signs teleconferencing deal Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner, today announced the Rudd Government is working with Telstra to deploy the Cisco TelePresence system as part of the Government?s teleconferencing project for which funding was announced last November.