Related Industry Organisations
Industry
Ericsson
www.ericsson.com/health
Motorola
http://responsibility.motorola.com/index.php/consumers/wirelesscommhealth/
Nokia
www.nokia.com/safety
Carphone Warehouse
http://www.cpwplc.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=123964&p=irol-corpSocial#mobile
Trade Associations
Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association
www.amta.org.au
A web portal has been launched that provides up-to-date, easy-to-access layered information on the scientific consensus among leading public health and regulatory authorities from around the world on health and electromagnetic fields (EMF).
http://www.emfexplained.info
Canada Wireless Telecommunications Association
www.cwta.ca
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA)
http://www.ctia.org/consumer_info
Forschungsgmeinschaft Funk
http://www.fgf.de/english/index.php
GSM Association - The GSM Association (GSMA) is a global trade association that represents the interests of more than 550 GSM mobile operators.
www.gsmworld.com
GSM Association - Health & Environment. This site is developed and maintained by the GSM Association to provide balanced summaries of materials on important issues around health and environmental issues related to mobile and wireless communications.
www.gsmworld.com/health/
GSM Association Europe is the European Interest Group of the GSM Association
www.gsmworld.com/gsmeurope
GSM Europe briefing document on policy, European exposure standards, how phones and base stations work, research and communications initiatives (September 2004)
http://www.gsmeurope.org/events/hes_seminar2/mobile_comms_matters.pdf
GSM Europe report on European mobile operator responses to public concerns http://www.gsmeurope.org/documents/rollout_recommendations.pdf
Mobile Communications Forum (FMK)
www.fmk.at
Mobile Manufacturer's Forum (MMF)
www.mmfai.org
The TETRA Industry Group (TIG)
www.tetrahealth.info
The UK Federation of Communication Services (FCS)
www.fcs.org.uk
81 Million Mobile Connections
Mobile telecommunications are vital for the UK’s economic competitiveness and in promoting social inclusion. There are now over 81 million mobile connections in the UK. Over 4.8 million people now access mobile broadband services via a laptop and dongle, and 28 per cent of UK adults use their mobile phone for internet access. Operators are working with Ofcom to extend the benefits of mobile communications as widely as possible. Across the UK 96% of people lived in postcode districts with at least 90% 2G area coverage from one or more operators; 3G coverage is relatively similar (95%).
129 Billion Texts
Consumers sent over 129 billion texts in 2010 an average of over five a day for every person in the UK. Data volumes transferred over mobile networks increased by 67% in 2010. At the end of 2010 15% of adults live in a home that has a mobile phone but no landline.