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Telcos put on notice regarding mobile and wireless advertising

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • December 15 2009

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued an information paper containing an "industry checklist" for companies advertising mobile and wireless internet services

Australian Productivity Commission proposes to cut red tape in infrastructure services

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • January 25 2010

The Australian Productivity Commission's latest report identifies ways in which to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses in various sectors such as in information, media and telecommunications

Media and communications sector reform means industry leadership critical

  • Clayton Utz
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • March 4 2010

The central role of media and communications in Australian society and the economy and the pace of technological change in these sectors means there will be an even greater need in the future for leadership in industry education, regulatory policy debate and legal reform, according to Clayton Utz partner Caroline Lovell

Optus liable for misleading advertising

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • November 5 2010

Singtel Optus has been found liable for 'serious' contraventions of the Trade Practices Act as a result of misleading advertising about its internet plans

ACMA issues report on media usage among teenagers

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • July 31 2009

ACMA has released a research report entitled "Use of electronic media and communications: Early childhood to teenage years"

Australian Government reveals latest legislative priorities for telecommunications and media

  • Clayton Utz
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 6 2011

The Prime Minister has released the list of legislation proposed for introduction in the Winter sittings of Federal Parliament, starting Tuesday 10 May

Australian regulator institutes proceedings against mobile premium service providers for alleged misleading, deceptive conduct

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • February 3 2011

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted proceedings in the Australian Federal Court against 6G Pty Ltd (6 G) and Global One Mobile Entertainment Ltd (Global One) for false or misleading representations made in relation to their television advertisements for mobile premium services

Misleading and deceptive advertising average consumer as test

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • January 24 2011

In the recent case of Singtel Optus Pty Limited v Vodafone Pty Limited, Optus sought an injunction to restrain Vodafone from airing two commercials promoting their 'Infinite' mobile phone plan on the basis that they were misleading and deceptive to the ordinary consumer

Everything that rises must converge: the Convergence Review seeks views on emerging issues

  • Clayton Utz
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • July 8 2011

The Australian Government's Convergence Review has released a consultation paper, Emerging Issues, which summarises some of the information received throughout the last few months of consultation

Consumer law bares its teeth to the tune of $5.26m

  • Gilbert + Tobin
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • July 12 2011

On 7 July 2011, Justice Perram of the Federal Court of Australia ordered Singtel Optus to pay $5.26 million in civil pecuniary penalties for breaches of consumer protection provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA) (equivalent provisions are now found in the Australian Consumer Law which forms a schedule to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010

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