Of most significance in this edition is a review the progress of the MCF’s Regional Program and its call for harmonised planning rules across councils and state governmentThe Mobile Carriers Forum released today the latest edition of “mobile inSite”, which covers news, issues and the science on mobile telecommunications deployment. s for the deployment of network infrastructure.

In addition, and for the second year, we have details of the Australian Centre for RF Bioeffects Research’s annual conference in November. This year’s event “SW08 Wireless and Health – Unplugged and Uncertain” is headlined with a lead researcher from the highly anticipated INTERPHONE project.

Other articles of interest in this edition include the results of an audit undertaken by the Federal Government of mobile phone base station emissions, a report issued by the Health Council of the Netherlands on the BioInitiative Report and a review of the new www.emfexplained.info website, which includes information on health and safety and base stations.

For more information on these topics please visit the website of the Mobile Carriers Forum, which is a division of the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) the peak industry body for the telecommunications industry. The MCF is a specialised AMTA Forum that deals specifically with social, environmental, policy and regulatory issues related to the deployment and operation of mobile phone networks. Its members are: Hutchison, Optus, Telstra and Vodafone.

To view mobile inSite: www.mcf.amta.org.au