Two of Australia’s leading health experts have this week taken to task media reports claiming that the long-awaited Interphone study has found a definite link between mobile phone use over the longer-term and health effects.

Senior neurosurgeons and health experts have questioned the latest controversial claims from neurosurgeon Charlie Teo, who warns of potential adverse health effects from a range of household appliances, including electric blankets and clock radios.

At the weekend, the UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph ran a story with the headline Long-term use of mobile phones 'may be linked to cancer' and claimed to disclose the combined results of the INTERPHONE study.

The Mobile Carriers Forum has welcomed the continuing low level of complaints to the ACMA regarding the Industry’s consultation practices when establishing telecommunications facilities.

Registrations have now closed and schools across Australia are collecting for the “I can do that” MobileMuster National Schools Recycling Challenge.

The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association has linked up with the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman to provide consumer advice on managing mobile data spend, this week’s Communications Day reports.

A study in New Zealand demonstrated that providing motivational support through daily text messages to young cigarette smokers might help them quit smoking, reports the student newspaper at Carnegie Mellon University in the US.

The International Telecommunications Union has given its stamp of approval to an energy-efficient one-charger-fits-all new mobile phone solution. The announcement comes as ITU lobbies hard to have the essential role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) recognized in the draft Copenhagen Agreement as a key part of the solution towards mitigating climate change.