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(AUSTRALIA) TELSTRA REPORT: Government and telecoms giant Telstra are buying a Pacific telecoms company in a joint venture to block China #AceNewsDesk report

#AceNewsReport – Oct.26: Digicel Pacific employs 1,700 people across Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Tahiti: The company’s future has been the focus of speculation for months: According to Telstra, the Australian government approached it “to provide technical advice in relation to Digicel Pacific” which is “critical to telecommunications in the region”: The government […]

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(AUSTRALIA) ACCC REPORT: Accusses Telstra, Optus and TPG of misleading customers on NBN speeds, takes them to court #AceNewsDesk report

#AceNewsReport – Aug.25: About 400,000 residential broadband customers moved to higher speed plans in the June 2021 quarter as the recent trend of Australian consumers upgrading to faster NBN connections continued, the ACCC’s latest NBN Wholesale Market Indicators Report reveals… #AceDailyNews says but people trying to use NBN through his provider, TPG, realised it couldn’t […]

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(AUSTRALIA) Federal Court Report: ACCC Institutes proceedings against each of (Telstra), (Optus), and TPG for making alleged false or misleading representations in their promotions of some 50Mbps and 100Mbps NBN plans, in breach of Consumer Law #AceNewsDesk report

#AceNewsReport – Aug.10: The ACCC has instituted separate proceedings in the Federal Court against each of Telstra Corporation Ltd (Telstra), Optus Internet Pty Limited (Optus), and TPG Internet Pty Ltd (TPG) for making alleged false or misleading representations in their promotions of some 50Mbps and 100Mbps NBN plans, in breach of the Australian Consumer Law. […]

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(AUSTRALIA) Telstra Report: Future generations may never know the thrill of making a reverse-charges call to their parents after Telstra made its 15,000 payphones free #AceNewsDesk report

#AceNewsReport – Aug.05: The telco announced today local or national calls to a fixed line or Australian mobile from a Telstra payphone would no longer incur a charge: The move means the days of scrambling for 50 cents in change, or devising a code involving a predetermined number of rings were effectively over….. #AceDailyNews says […]

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(AUSTRALIA) Federal Court Report: Orders that Telstra pay $50 million in penalties for engaging in unconscionable conduct when it sold mobile contracts to more than 100 Indigenous consumers across three states and territories, in proceedings brought by the ACCC. #AceNewsDesk report

#AceNewsReport – May.14: Sales staff in these Telstra-branded stores used unconscionable practices to sell products to dozens of Indigenous customers who, in many cases, spoke English as a second or third language,” ACCC Chair Rod Sims said: ACCC REPORT: ‘Telstra to pay $50m penalty for unconscionable sales to Indigenous consumers: They admitted that between January […]