In this week’s podcast from The Fonecast we’re taking our regular look at all the top mobile industry news stories from the past seven days.

We start with the UK Health Protection Agency’s report into mobile phone technologies and human health before moving on to mobile wallets, mobile payments and the new king of mobile manufacturers.

As usual, you can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.

A number of familiar topics return to the headlines this week. Alongside mobile health concerns and mobile wallets, there's also news about 'white space' developments and a new leader in mobile phone manufacturing.

Mark Bridge writes:

Last week mobile phones and health were back in the headlines together, rather like love & marriage or salt and vinegar. The news is pretty much as we’ve heard before; this time it’s the UK Health Protection Agency’s independent Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation telling us there’s no convincing evidence that mobile phone technologies cause adverse effects on human health – but longer-term research is still needed.

The UK Health Protection Agency’s independent Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation (AGNIR) says there’s still no convincing evidence that mobile phone technologies cause adverse effects on human health.

The team looked at the scientific evidence on exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF fields), which includes mobile phone technologies, WiFi, television and radio transmitters.

Vodafone Global Enterprise, the Vodafone business unit that manages multinational customers, has announced an agreement with medical device developer Boston Scientific Corporation.

The two companies aim to develop mobile health solutions that will offer real-time heart monitoring via Vodafone’s machine-to-machine technology.