Telecommunications giant Optus may face a class action over a cyberattack that left the data of up to 10 million current and former customers exposed.
A data breach compromising the records of up to 9.8 million Optus customers has been referred to the Australian Federal Police for what the agency said would be a “complex, criminal investigation”.
Telstra has agreed to deregister 162 radiocommunications sites after the ACCC expressed concerns the acquisition could stymie competition by hampering the rollout of Optus’ 5G network.
Optus has railed against the proposed network sharing agreement between Telstra and TPG, warning that it spells the return of a communications monopoly in regional Australia.
The CEO of Optus has come out swinging against a proposed 10-year agreement between TPG and Telstra to share mobile network infrastructure and spectrum in parts of regional Australia, warning it would harm consumers.
SingTel has been blocked from making $190,000 in tax deductions after the Australian Taxation Office won its Federal Court case against the Singaporean teleco over transfer pricing benefits related to the $14.2 billion acquisition of Optus.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought legal action against three major Australian internet providers for allegedly misleading hundreds of thousands of NBN customers.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is investigating whether Optus breached privacy law after the telco wrongly published customers’ personal details in the White Pages in 2019.
A class action by franchisees against mobile and internet retailer TeleChoice will return to the Victoria Supreme Court next week as group members seek commissions they allege have been withheld while the company battles separate litigation against Optus.
Telstra has suffered a defeat in its lawsuit accusing competitor Singtel Optus of violating consumer laws with ads claiming it is “covering more of Australia than ever before”, with a judge calling Telstra’s allegations that the ads implied a comparison with other telcos “strained and fanciful”.