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Australian government conducts telecommunications retail price controls review

Baker & McKenzie
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Australia
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January 19 2012

The Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has released a discussion paper for the review of telecommunications retail price controls

Australian privacy regulator finalises investigation into mailing list error

Baker & McKenzie
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Australia
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October 25 2011

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released the findings of its investigation into a mailing list error by Australia's largest telecommunications company, Telstra, which resulted in approximately 60,300 Telstra customers' personal information being sent to other customers

New penalties reinforce key consumer protection safeguards

Baker & McKenzie
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Australia
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May 11 2012

Senator Stephen Conroy (the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) has set harsh new penalties for breaches of some of the key telecommunications consumer safeguards

Satellites to deliver high-speed broadband to the regions

Baker & McKenzie
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Australia
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May 17 2012

The Australian government recently announced that NBN Co, the Australian government-owned corporation tasked with designing, building and implementing the National Broadband Network (NBN), has signed a contract worth approximately AUS$620 million with US company Space SystemsLoral

ACMA granted injunctions and declarations in landmark SMS spam case

Baker & McKenzie
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Australia
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October 12 2009

The Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) successfully obtained injunctions and declarations against five out of the eight respondents involved in ACMA's first SMS spam case before the Brisbane Federal Court concerning the sending of unsolicited commercial SMS messages

Government establishes stakeholder group to advise on broadband deployment

Baker & McKenzie
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Australia
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October 26 2009

The Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has announced a Stakeholder Reference Group to advise on a number of practical issues concerning the implementation of fibre-to-the-premises broadband rollouts in greenfields property estates

Telstra pays AU$101,200 infringement notice for telemarketing to "Do Not Call" numbers

Baker & McKenzie
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Australia
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October 28 2009

Telstra has paid AU$101,200 after the Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) found that one of Telstra's external call centres in Australia had made telemarketing calls to numbers listed on the Do Not Call Register

Telcos put on notice regarding mobile and wireless advertising

Baker & McKenzie
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Australia
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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

Federal Court continues to impose high penalties on SMS spammers

Baker & McKenzie
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Australia
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March 22 2010

The Australian Federal Court has imposed AU$6.5 million in penalties against two further respondents in proceedings brought by ACMA against SMS spammers

Australian Federal Court rules on telephone directories case

Baker & McKenzie
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Australia
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April 19 2010

The Federal Court has rejected the claims of Australia's leading telecommunications provider that copyright subsists in its White Pages and Yellow Pages directories