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 800 GSM mobile operators.
www.gsma.com
GSM Association - Mobile and Health. The GSMA encourages a harmonised approach to national exposure and compliance polices based on human exposure recommendations of the WHO and compliance methods developed by IEC, ITU, CENELEC and IEEE.
http://www.gsma.com/publicpolicy/mobile-and-health/
GSMA Europe is the European Interest Group of the GSMA http://www.gsma.com/gsmaeurope/
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
81.6 Million Mobile Subscriptions
Mobile telecommunications are vital for the UK’s economic competitiveness and in promoting social inclusion. There are now over 81.6 million mobile subscriptions in the UK. Over 5.1 million people now access mobile broadband services via a laptop and dongle, and 39 per cent of UK adults use their mobile phone for internet access. Tablet ownership rose to 11% of UK households. Operators are working with Ofcom to extend the benefits of mobile communications as widely as possible. 99.7% of UK premises (homes and businesses) had outdoor 2G coverage from at least one operator; 3G coverage is lower at 99.1%.
150 Billion Texts
Consumers sent over 150 billion texts in 2011, the average UK consumer sends 50 texts a week. The average time spent using mobile data services was 2.1 hours a month in 2011, 25 minutes per month more than in 2010, while the volume of data consumed more than doubled in the 18 months to January 2012. At the end of 2011 15% of adults live in a home that has a mobile phone but no landline.