AMTA Members are invited to attend a Forum in Melbourne on Thursday, April 29, to hear a leading industry analyst discuss the implications of the rapid growth in mobile broadband, which, according to recent ABS figures, grew by 40% in the six months to December.

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St Mary’s College in Hobart collected 18kg of mobile phones and accessories. This was the most mobiles collected by schools in Tasmania that participated in MobileMuster’s “I can do that” schools recycling challenge held in November 2009.

Sick of sky-high bills when you use your mobile phone overseas? You're not alone, and with the increasing use of the internet on phones, the bills are growing larger, the Age reported this week.

Wireless broadband is booming alongside an explosive growth in sheer download volumes across both fixed and mobile platforms, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

4G mobile networks are the next big thing or are they? Telstra will soon trial LTE technology, better described as 3.5G. The Scoop discusses mobile networks that may or may rival the NBN with speeds of 100Mbps are Telstra CTO Hugh Bradlow, AMTA CEO Chris Althaus and Ovum analyst Nathan Burley.

The Federal Government will undertake an intensive education program with schools to ensure they all have detailed plans to tackle cyberbullying, the Deputy PM and Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, said today.

The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) is increasing its capacity to help consumers by widening the monetary limits on its decisions in relation to complaints about phone and internet services.

Around 8 million mobile phones were recycled in the UK in 2009 according to Ovum – double the number that was recycled two years ago.

In Mexico mobile-phone applications are being used to send patients reminders and emails. These texts and emails remind patients take medicine, about appointments and help patients stay up to date on health care tests, according to the US financial website, Finance Wand.