An Adelaide-based Telstra customer who sought AU$18 million in compensation for a dodgy landline lost his legal bid last week after the Federal Court dismissed the claim due to lack of evidence
Sharman Networks, an Internet software provider, has failed in its application to have evidence against it dismissed, forcing the company to face up to the music copyright infringement charges over its P2P music file sharing software Kazaa.
Telstra has accused the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of not giving it "sufficient guidance" in resolving a furore over broadband pricing that could see the carrier fined millions of dollars.
Australia's competition regulator has warned it will act to ensure technological innovations that pose a serious threat to Telstra's dominance of the telecommunications sector are not "strangled at birth".
Universal Music has announced a new supply agreement with Telstra's music download site, with both parties at pains to stress the legitimacy of the service and the fact artists themselves will be among the beneficiaries.
Australia's competition regulator has warned it will act to ensure technological innovations that pose a serious threat to Telstra's dominance of the telecommunications sector are not "strangled at birth".
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