AMTA has welcomed the clarification of the new Victorian driving rules, which make it clearer what drivers can and cannot do with their hands-free mobile phones while behind the wheel.

Queensland councils are rethinking their high fees for Development Applications (DAs) following industry warnings that fees up to $20,000 for a telecommunications facility were jeopardising developments in the Sunshine State.

The safety of mobile phone use, particularly by children, has continued to generate debate in Australia and around the world, the Advertiser in Adelaide reports this week.

 

The three pillars of connectivity, mobility and productivity are driving the uptake of mobile telecommunications as the use of fixed lines levels off, AMTA Chief Executive Officer, Chris Althaus, told the Sydney Morning Herald.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority is today warning consumers of an SMS spam scam claiming recipients have won third prize in a lottery.

Councillor Geoff Lake, City of Monash, presents the National and State School Champion Recycling Certificates to Principal Kate Patten from Glen Waverley South Primary School. Glen Waverly South Primary school collected the most mobile phones (97kg, twelve times the school average) as part of the Old Phones New Fence posts Schools Recycling Challenge.

mHITs has launched Easy Canteen – a service which allows parents to pay for their child’s school canteen lunch order by SMS.