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Vital need for sufficient spectrum to drive productivity highlighted by Minister?s address One of the Federal Government?s most senior Ministers this week highlighted the vital role mobile telecommunications is playing in driving productivity across the economy and the need to further boost productivity to accelerate recovery from the economic ?cyclone? Australia faces.

Mobile industry's enforcement procedures against content providers The mobile telecommunications industry penalised and suspended content providers who repeatedly failed to meet contractual agreements with carriers, AMTA Chief Executive Officer, Chris Althaus, said today.

Telcos told: Raise standards or risk ACCC action The telecommunications industry must raise its standards in its treatment of consumers or risk increased Australian Competition and Consumer Commission scrutiny and action, ACCC Chairman, Mr Graeme Samuel, has warned.

Preservation of voicemail messages of bushfire victims Following the tragedy of the recent Victorian bushfires, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has requested the major telecommunications carriage service providers preserve the voicemail greeting messages of any deceased persons, for the potential comfort of bereaved family members.

Old mobile phones give life to new trees Mobile phones recycled through MobileMuster?s Old Phones, More Trees campaign are funding tree-planting programs in Western Australia's wheatbelt

Keeping children cyber safe The misuse of mobile phones, email and the Internet to bully and harass young people will be tackled in new materials being produced for the State?s schools.