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SingTel loses appeal in ATO case over deductions on $14B Optus acquisition
Tax 2024-03-08 10:18 pm By Sam Matthews

Telecommunications giant SingTel has lost its challenge a ruling in favour of the ATOā€™s decision to reject over $894,000 in tax deductions related to its $14.2 billion acquisition of Optus.

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Telstra wins appeal of ruling putting it on hook for telemarketing firm’s ‘catastrophic crashes’
Telecommunications 2024-03-07 10:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Telstra has successfully appealed a decision holding it liable for a $2.6 million telecommunications bungle at a Melbourne-based telemarketing business, with a judge finding it was entitled to rely on the expertise of business partner Kyrtec.

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Optus hit with $1.5M penalty for breaking public safety rules
Telecommunications 2024-03-06 3:29 pm By Sam Matthews

Optus has paid a $1.5 million penalty after an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority revealed breaches of public safety rules.

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Telstra pushes off hearing in $45M fight with former contractor
Telecommunications 2024-02-07 11:04 pm By Sam Matthews

Telstra has won its bid to vacate a hearing in a case by former contractor Kingfisher Mobile seeking to bar the telco from migrating customers to a new mobile services provider, after a judge found Kingfisherā€™s delay in filing the case meant meeting the date would be unfair.Ā 

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‘Turning around the Titanic’: Telstra fights bid to halt switch to new contractor
Telecommunications 2024-01-31 4:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Telstra will oppose a bid by former contractor Kingfisher Mobile to bar the telco from migrating customers to a new mobile services provider, saying that undoing the move would be like ā€œturning around the Titanicā€.Ā 

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Telstra sued for $45M over mobile services contract
New lawsuit 2024-01-24 10:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Kingfisher Mobile, which provides mobile services to Telstra customers, has taken the telecommunications giant to court for allegedly breached its contractual obligations when it engaged a new provider to take over from Kingfisher.

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Optus outage affected ten times more 000 calls than estimated
Telecommunications 2024-01-23 10:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A nationwide Optus outage left 2,696 customers unable to place calls to 000, more than ten times what the telco originally estimated.

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ACMA hits teleco with $260K penalty for anti-scam compliance
Telecommunications 2024-01-17 2:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has hit teleco Medion Australia with a $259,440 penalty for allegedly failing to verify customer identity, claiming it caused several people to fall victim to SIM-swap scams.Ā 

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Telstra can be sued for ex-employee’s ‘sickening’ sexual harassment of neighbours
Employment 2023-12-14 9:59 pm By Sam Matthews

The Full Federal Court has found that Telstra can be sued for a former employeeā€™s alleged sexual harassment of his neighbours, finding Ā harassment that is part of a private dispute may also occur in the course of providing services.

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ACMA fines Telstra $3M for $21M billing error
Telecommunications 2023-12-06 10:49 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Telstra has been hit with a $3 million penalty by the communications regulator for billing small businesses $21.1 million over an 11-year period for inactive internet services.

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