MobileMuster will begin a national advertising campaign this Sunday 11th October on TV and online urging Australians to “Dive into your nearest mobile phone retailer”. The campaign has a strong call to action for consumers to drop their old mobiles into participating retailers.

AMTA has welcomed the opportunity to work co-operatively and constructively with the new peak consumer body for telecommunications issues, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).

New figures for September 2009 show that in the third quarter of this year shipments rose by 11% compared to the same period in 2008.

Dr Rhonda Galbally AO and Chair of the National People with Disabilities and Carer Council addressed a packed National Press Club on the SHUT OUT report this week.

Forget the old stereotypes - 96% of Australians aged 50+ own a mobile phone and two-thirds (66%) say they want to keep up with the latest technology and devices.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority will extend its successful cybersafety professional development program to teachers in training with the introduction of a new program,

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has dramatically upped the ante in his campaign to overhaul Australia's communications sector and, at the same time, reinforce his strategy for a high-speed national broadband network, reports The Australian newspaper this week.

Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski says he’s bringing more spectrum to the US mobile sector, but admits it won’t be enough, telecomasia.net reports this week.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority is releasing spectrum in the 3575-3700 MHz band (the 3.6 GHz band) to support the deployment of wireless access services in regional and remote areas of Australia.

AMTA has corrected the continued misleading claims by zoos about the use of coltan in mobile phones and the impact on gorillas’ habitats in the Eastern Congo.