The mobile telecommunications industry is concerned that a highly prescriptive Greens Bill on mobile phone towers will make it harder to deploy vital national infrastructure to cater for huge consumer demand for services, such as mobile broadband, and result in reduced service levels for mobile phone users.

The Mobile Carriers Forum has launched Australia’s first energy efficiency training program for industry employees at the ‘Smart Power for Smart Telecom Networks’ Conference in Sydney this week.

MobileMuster is again exhibiting at Better Homes and Gardens LIVE, taking place from 23-25 September at the Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park. We have free double passes available for AMTA members.

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The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced a mid-term review of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).

Cambodia is trying to contain the spread of malaria by using text messaging to report the disease in real time, reports Mobiledia.