AMTA Members will have the opportunity to hear the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, make a significant announcement affecting the mobile telecommunications industry at a Network Forum in Sydney on March 3.

Using a mobile phone to send text messages while driving is as dangerous as driving with an illegal blood alcohol level , the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) said in response to a new NRMA Insurance survey.

A new report has branded Australians as mobile phone ‘hoarders’, with people still holding onto old, unusable analogue mobiles up to 12 years old.

The Mobile Carriers Forum (MCF) today presented its case to the Tasmanian Planning Commission for an easing of planning restrictions in the State for the approval of mobile network antennas and towers.

The GSMA this week announced several important updates to its Embedded Mobile initiative, a program to accelerate the global adoption of wireless connectivity in a wide range of devices in key vertical markets such as consumer electronics, healthcare, automotive and utilities.

The GSMA, which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, a charity that supports women entrepreneurs this week published ‘Women and Mobile: A Global Opportunity’.

In 2015, shoppers around the world are expected to spend about $119 billion on goods and services purchased via mobile phones. That number represents about 8% of the total e-commerce market, Fierce Wireless reports this week.

Ahead of his appearance at the GSMA Congress this week, AT&T’s chief technology officer, John Donovan, told Show Daily of the challenges the operator faces in attempting to ensure its network is up to the task of handling the boom in data consumption.

Consumer Protection is issuing a warning to people in South West Western Australia after a recent increase in reports of mobile phone and email scams.

US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski has laid out some details, including an ambitious "100 Squared" initiative, that will be part of the agency's National Broadband Plan that it will send to Congress in March, IDG News Service.