Latest EME and health research update – May 2024

April 10, 2024

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AMTA has released its latest publication highlighting key developments in the state of the science on Electromagnetic Energy (EME) and health research, mobile and wireless communications technology health and safety standards and related regulation and public information. For detailed information and updates on EME health research, click the link below....

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AMTA lays the foundations for inclusion of Mobile in the Telecommunications in New Developments Policy (TIND)

April 7, 2024

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Mobile network operators and infrastructure providers confront significant challenges when seeking to provide new and augmented mobile services into the growth areas of Australia’s capital cities and regional centres. Siting of new towers in large emerging residential growth areas can be a challenge when no obvious location has been identified...

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New international mobile safety standards

October 5, 2022

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The Australian mobile telecommunications industry is playing a leading role in the development of new international mobile safety standards.  The latest 5G EME testing standards for base stations was recently agreed at the IEC meeting in Naples University, Italy along with a significant new five-year strategic plan to deliver advanced...

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New online safety industry codes

September 1, 2022

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The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has joined five other associations representing the online industry in Australia to release for public consultation draft industry codes designed to protect Australians from harmful content on the internet. The Online Safety Act 2021 requires the development of codes by industry associations to regulate...

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ACMA audit reassures 5G is safe

August 24, 2022

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The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) welcomes the release of the latest Australian Media and Communications Authority (ACMA) Electromagnetic Energy (EME) audits which again confirm that the EME levels from mobile base stations with 5G enabled are very low. Following its 2021 audit program in Victoria, the ACMA has undertaken...

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New 5G mmWave testing standards

June 1, 2022

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AMTA welcomes the introduction of new 5G mmWave testing standards to support public trust and confidence The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA), the peak national body representing Australia’s mobile telecommunications industry, has thrown its weight behind the publication of two new international standards for 5G electric and magnetic fields (EMF)....

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5G Unleashed: Deloitte Access Economics

March 22, 2022

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New Deloitte Access Economics report reveals lack of business readiness for 5G adoption placing billions of dollars in Australian economic benefit at risk The report titled: Realising the potential of the next generation of mobile technology, was commissioned by the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) to examine the economic impact...

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Australia – Global leader in mobile connectivity

September 16, 2020

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Australia continues to be top 5 in the Mobile Connectivity Index put out by the GSM Association (GSMA), an industry organisation that represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide. The Mobile Connectivity Index measures the performance of 170 countries against the key enablers of mobile internet adoption. Its objective...

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5G is Safe and Transformative

May 13, 2020

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The mobile telecommunications industry welcomes the release of 5G Inquiry Report by the House Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts. The Report entitled The next gen future: Inquiry into the deployment, adoption and application of 5G in Australia is the result of a thorough and comprehensive Inquiry process that examined...

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Mobile Nation Report 2019 – The 5G future

May 1, 2019

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The latest Mobile Nation report from the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) and Deloitte Access Economics reveals that, with the fifth generation of mobile technologies (5G), the productivity benefits of mobile telecommunications will be worth $65 billion to the Australian economy by 2023 – equivalent to 3.1% GDP. The mobile sector...

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Business outlook for 5G in 2019 is optimistic

May 1, 2019

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AMTA was pleased to finish 2018 with a members forum, hosted by Nokia in North Sydney, where we heard from the Deloitte Access Economics team, John O’Mahony and Jessica Mizrahi, as well as Peter Corbett from Deloitte Digital who presented findings from the Australian Cut of the Deloitte Mobile Consumer...

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