Telstra has paid a $101,200 infringement notice for telemarketing to numbers on the Do Not Call Register more than 30 days after they were registered.
ACMA announced its biggest scalp yet under the new law, following an investigation into calls made by an offshore call centre on behalf of Telstra. Inexplicably, Telstra allowed illegal calls to continue after ACMA had raised concerns based on several complaints.
“The investigation found that inadequate compliance systems, procedures and supervision had contributed to calls being made to numbers on the Register where the consumers were not existing Telstra customers.”
Telstra may be the biggest Do Not Call catch so far for ACMA, but it’s not the record penalty payer. That ‘honour’ belongs to Dodo at $147,400.
If you hold (or recently held) a communications carrier licence, 28 September 2009 is a key date. That’s the last day for filing an Eligible Revenue Return (‘ERR’) with the Australian Communications and Media Authority (‘ACMA’).
It’s a sad fact of life that ISPs and telcos sometimes end up in court cases. The saddest fact of all is the legal bill that’s usually involved.
In the latest action in its war on trade practices non-compliance in the telco sector, ACCC has taken Federal Court action against a wholly owned subsidiary of Optus Mobile Pty Ltd.
Seminar notes from today’s popular ‘Component Pricing Law’ seminar at Logie-Smith Lanyon Lawyers are now 
Comms industry leader FunnyTel today announced its ground-breaking FAT plans. 
There’s an element in the proposed national unfair contract terms law that:
On 24 June 2009, the Government introduced the Australian Consumer Law Bill into Parliament. It represents the biggest shake up of Australian consumer law in a long time.
On 21 July 2009 CSP Central contributors Victor Ng and Peter Moon will be conducting a masterclass in understanding and complying with the new component pricing law.
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