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Telstra exec to chair peak mobile phone industry body

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Holly Kramer, Telstra's managing director of wireless and mobility has been elected chair of the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) and Ericsson Australia MD, Barry Borzillo, deputy chair. Their appointments are for 12 months.

AMTA is the peak national body representing the Australian mobile telecommunications industry. Its members include mobile phone carriers and service providers, handset manufacturers, retail outlets, network equipment suppliers and specialised consultancy services.

Kramer said that, as the chair, she would aim to "ensure that AMTA continues to focus on issues that impact both on the industry and the wider community, such as consumer protection and education, mobile phone tower deployment, health and safety issues, mobile phone recycling, and accessibility concerns."

Kramer's election follows the retirement of the former chair, Keir Preedy, managing director of Optus' wholly-owned subsidiary MVNO, SIMPlus.