Australians are being urged to recycle their old and broken mobile phones to help protect some of the nation’s most endangered species and contribute to rehabilitating two of Australia’s agricultural heartlands – the Murray River and West Australia’s central-eastern wheatbelt.

The huge growth in mobile broadband connections will need crucial new spectrum to provide capacity to meet the burgeoning demand, Ovum analyst Nathan Burley told AMTA’s Networking Forum in Melbourne last night.

The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman Scheme is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Cohen, as its new Ombudsman.

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy today announced he would introduce amendments to extend the registration period for the Do Not Call Register.

MobileMuster will again be sponsoring and participating at “Waste 2010” the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Conference to be held at Opal Cove, Coffs Harbour from the 4th to 6th May.

The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has pledged its support for the Australian Communications and Media Authority inquiry into customer service in the telecommunications industry.

US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski this week launched a Spectrum Task Force to advance the FCC’s spectrum agenda and promote collaboration across the agency. Julius Knapp, Chief of the Office of Engineering Technology, and Ruth Milkman, Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, will co-chair the cross-agency working group.

You win a bet, but the loser does not have enough cash on him to settle it. If he has a credit card, and most people usually do, there is finally a solution. A number of big and small companies — including eBay’s PayPal unit, Intuit, VeriFone and Square — are creating innovative ways for individuals to avoid cash and checks and settle all debts, public and private, using their cellphones, reports the New York Times in this week’s CTIA SmartBrief.