Just when you think myths have well and truly been busted they have a habit of re-emerging and the process of debunking them starts all over again. Take the hoary old chesnut of mobile phones allegedly causing explosions at petrol stations.

While on the subject of myths. Today’s Sydney Morning Herald also tackles another urban myth – claims that driving and using a mobile phone is as dangerous as drink-driving.

It's an urban myth that won't go away: mobile phones and petrol are an explosive combination, writes the Sydney Morning Herald today.

A few weeks into the job, and the new Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Simon Cohen, has set his sights on ensuring the TIO reaches out to all consumers.

New figures from the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman have revealed a small drop in the number of complaints it handled in the first quarter of this year – though ACCAN, and the ombudsman himself, say the raw number is still too high, writes Communications Day this week.

Leading scientific experts have dismissed media reports that incorrectly claim the Interphone study found people who had used mobile phones for at least 30 minutes a day had a 40 per cent increased risk of cancer.

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced a comprehensive suite of transparency and accountability measures to accompany the introduction of ISP filtering of Refused Classification content.

Cell phone and wireless laptop internet use have each grown more prevalent over the last year, according to the latest Pew Research Centre. Nearly half of all adults (47%) go online with a laptop using a Wi-Fi connection or mobile broadband card (up from the 39% who did so as of April 2009) while 40% of adults use the internet, email or instant messaging on a mobile phone (up from the 32% of Americans who did this in 2009).