The federal government has invited the telecommunications industry to comment on ways the competition watchdog can more effectively act against anti-competitive conduct.
An industry group is calling for Government to protect the ICT sector if it makes changes to the Trade Practices Act.
Australia’s competition watchdog says a determination on the wholesale GSM mobile termination service prices could be made by the end of the year, unless industry players agree to reach a commercial agreement before then.
Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy today said he was gearing up to buy one of Apple's in-demand 3G iPhones, describing the handset as a "sexy gadget".
Telstra has withdrawn its appeal against a Court ruling which found that it engaged in "misleading" and "illegal" conduct in its Next G advertising, following a decision by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which disputed claims about the coverage of the network.
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Telstra-owned Sensis Classifieds, owner of the Trading Post, this week sent a threatening letter to rival OZtion over its use of the word "free to list" on its website.
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".
Australian customers were today digesting the implications of last night's widely-predicted AU$7.6 billion acquisition of customer relationship management vendor Siebel Systems by Oracle.
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The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman is investigating SIM-Unlock fees attached to pre-paid mobile accounts to determine whether they are 'penalties', and therefore unrecoverable by common law.
Vodafone has called on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to ease several regulations governing the Australian mobile phone industry.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) plans to review the pricing of mobile phone services, with a view to updating regulations governing the area.
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