MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge fined telecommunications giant Optus 100 million Australian dollars ($66 million) Wednesday for unconscionable conduct selling services to hundreds of ...

Australia’s competition watchdog has filed proceedings against Singtel’s subsidiary, Optus Mobile, alleging what it called “unconscionable” conduct in dealings with some consumers. The Australian ...

TPG Telecom and Optus are disputing Telstra’s claim it can deliver useable mobile services to consumers in areas where weaker signal strengths dominate as debate over how to map cellular coverage in ...

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Vodafone will more than double its mobile network coverage in Australia following a regional network-sharing agreement between TPG Telecom and Optus, approved by the Australian Competition and ...

Beleaguered telco Optus has been slugged with a whopping $100m fine for exploiting vulnerable Australians through what a court has described as “predatory” and “appalling” conduct. The penalty was ...

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The ACCC said that the current system lets carriers show service coverage and quality on maps that might “not reasonably” match what users actually receive. The competition re ...

A new standard would strip away a huge area from the telco’s published coverage. Rivals and consumer groups have backed the ...

Dr Arnold is currently finalising a monograph on identity crime. He is a former director of the Australian Privacy Foundation Medicare card numbers are the latest ...

Australia's competition watchdog has filed proceedings against Singtel's subsidiary, Optus Mobile, alleging what it called "unconscionable" conduct in dealings with some consumers. The Australian ...