The rapid adoption of mobile data and continuing rise in mobile penetration are driving productivity gains and boosting economic growth, highlighting the key industry need for timely access to spectrum resources to accommodate the demand.

Communications Day reported this week that Australia’s two largest mobile carriers have called on regulators and the government to provide more certainty on licences and more timely policy decisions regarding spectrum allocation or risk putting new investments in the sector on hold.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority proposes to improve the provision to emergency service organisations of location information from mobile calls made to Triple Zero.

Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy this week launched an online computer game to teach children how to use Triple Zero in an emergency.

National communications consumer organisation ACCAN is pleased to announce the recipients of the first round of funding through its Grants Scheme.

As the must-have gadget list for today's teenagers continues to grow in complexity and cost, parents are increasingly worried that their kids are armed with an array of expensive tools that can be broken, lost or stolen, the Courier Mail wrote this week.

Queensland parents can keep their children safer from online bullies from today, following the release of a new Bligh Government cyber safety brochure.

It might be hard to imagine watching “The Office” on a screen no bigger than a business card. But tens of thousands of people — by the most conservative estimate — are already doing just that, reports the New York Times in CTIA SmartBrief this week.