The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) welcomes the Federal Government’s decision to maximise national economic benefits by allocating 126 MHz of broadcasting spectrum as the Digital Dividend.

As part of last night’s National Landcare Awards, held in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra, MobileMuster was recognised by Landcare Australia Limited for its support to the thousands of landcare groups across Australia through MobileMuster’s Old Phones More Trees.

Communications Day reports today that Australia’s mobile communications industry has welcomed news that 126 MHz of spectrum will be freed up from the switch to digital television.

The federal government stands to reap millions of dollars from an auction of wireless broadband spectrum to be held in late 2012, says the Sydney Morning Herald today.

EME Update, which is the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association’s bulletin publishing regular information on health and safety issues related to the mobile telecommunications industry, was released this week.

Leading mobile phone operators and manufacturers are working towards the 2012 date for the implementation of an energy-efficient universal charger for new mobile phones that will be available in Australia.

A new study from the UK suggests there is no association between risk of early childhood cancers and a mother’s exposure to a mobile phone base station during pregnancy. This is the first study to look at phone masts in Britain as a whole and is the largest of its kind.

Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) values like other technical parameters are made available in device handbooks and on manufacturer websites. These measurements are made under conditions of maximum power and are used to determine compliance of mobile phones with safety standards.

The UK could follow the US in introducing legislation requiring mobile phone manufacturers to provide more explicit information on handset radiation emissions, according to legal expert, says V3.co.uk as reported in this week’s GSMA Environment Insider.

Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, today announced a key initiative to better manage the volume of Triple Zero emergency calls made during major natural disasters or emergencies.