The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) take seriously any claims of misuse of mobile telecommunications technology and is committed to promoting safe, responsible and affordable access to mobiles.

The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has responded to local community concerns in Bathurst about a proposal to build a mobile phone base station in the suburb of Kelso. AMTA told Prime TV that it understands that some people in the community are concerned about the proposed mobile phone base station at Kelso.

Australian companies will pay millions, possibly billions, of dollars in coming years for a weightless, invisible asset discovered by physicists more than 120 years ago - radio waves, the Age wrote this week.

Media claims that Interphone found people who used mobile phones for at least 30 minutes a day have a 40 per cent increased risk of cancer are incorrect, AMTA said about a weekend newspaper report.

Methods of paying for goods and services via a mobile phone already exist, notably when it comes to premium SMS services which are often, but not exclusively, used for purchase of digital content. More advanced forms of mobile payment are now emerging.

The city of San Francisco has recently passed a new law requiring retailers to display the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) value for mobile phones alongside other product information in retail outlets.

The wireless industry and consumer electronics manufacturers (who make all those broadband receiving devices) had lots of nice things to say about the administration's plan to fast-track the FCC's spectrum reclamation process, reports Broadcasting and Cable in CTIA SmartBrief this week.

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy, and the Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon, today said stroke patients would be among the first to benefit from the National Broadband Network (NBN).