The Office of the Victorian Minister for Roads and Transport has advised AMTA that proposed new road rules that would have banned the use of in-car mobile phone GPS functions will be changed to allow drivers to use such navigational services on their mobiles.

The Australian mobile telecommunications industry supports providing consumer information on the health and safety of mobile phones and allowing them to make informed choices about their use of the technology.

"With many schools just back from holidays the closing date to register for MobileMuster's ‘I can do that’ Schools Recycling Challenge has been extended to 26 October", said Rose Read, Manager Recycling

The mobile telecommunications industry is strongly opposed to the extension of the anti-siphoning scheme in its current or any revised form to new media platforms, AMTA has told the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE).

The Australian Communications and Media Authority is seeking feedback on its proposed new rules for blocking unwanted high-cost services delivered to mobile phones.

IDC's latest Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker results found that Australian converged device (smartphone) shipments surged 29% year-on-year (Y/Y) in the first half of 2009, with data-centric converged devices (those with a touchscreen or QWERTY keyboard) up 235% Y/Y.

A long awaited French government report on the possible hazards of mobile phone masts stops short of demanding a reduction in either their number or their emission levels, writes Flesh & Stone.

Recycle your old mobile phones and discover where they go at the Live Green House open from 15-18 October, Taylor Square North, Oxford Street Darlinghust.

Mobile commerce is gaining momentum as consumers get comfortable with ordering all sorts of products by cell phone and companies such as Papa John's watch sales climb, Business Week in the US reports.

Men have 'fessed up to secretly storing phone numbers on their mobiles to hide them from their partners, according to new research quoted by MX this week.