Tag Archives: mobile

Telstra predicts monopoly in the skies

Posted on 21 January 2009 by Peter Moon

ACMA today amended the Mobile Phone Jammer Prohibition in a step towards in-flight mobile phone services in Australian airspace. The Prohibition basically outlaws selling, using or possessing mobile phone jamming equipment.  Today’s amendment creates an exception for devices that will … Continue reading →

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Turning up the heat on premium mobile service providers

Posted on 13 January 2009 by Victor Ng

We’ve previously talked about premium mobile services being a regulatory hotspot for 2009.   We’ve got the ACCC getting cranky about it, a proposed new code from the Comms Alliance and ACMA beating up mBlox and TMG Asia Pacific. In a … Continue reading →

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ACCC ‘getting very cranky’ about premium mobile services

Posted on 26 November 2008 by Peter Moon

ACCC Enforcement Commissioner Sarah Court has identified premium mobile services as an ACCC hot spot for 2009. Speaking to a packed audience at the Law Institute of Victoria, the former Australian Government lawyer indicated a personal view that the Commission … Continue reading →

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Proposed new code for mobile premium services

Posted on 18 November 2008 by Peter Moon

Communications Alliance has released in draft a proposed new industry code to regulate mobile premium services. Says CA:  ‘The draft Code sets out obligations on suppliers to establish appropriate community safeguards in the provision of Mobile Premium Services. The Code … Continue reading →

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When is a cap not a cap ? When it’s really a floor.

Posted on 2 August 2008 by Peter Moon

I’ve been around the industry a long time now, and seen plenty of times its regulation is unreasonable and illogical.  But I side with the consumer on the use of the word ‘cap’ to mean ‘minimum charge’. Here’s an article … Continue reading →

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