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Telstra didn’t discriminate against Triple-0 worker with hearing loss: court
Discrimination 2024-11-14 4:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has found that Telstra did not violate disability discrimination laws when it put a hard-of-hearing Triple-0 operator on leave after she failed a hearing test.

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Optus slapped with $12m penalty over Triple-0 outage
Telecommunications 2024-11-08 2:36 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Optus has been hit with a $12 million penalty over a ā€œpreventableā€ nationwide network outage in November 2023, which left thousands of customers unable to make emergency calls.

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Optus pressured customers to buy phones they couldn’t afford, ACCC says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-10-31 11:37 pm By Andy Sidler

The consumer regulator has launched court action against Optus, alleging sales staff put undue pressure on customers to buy phones they couldn’t afford.

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High Court shuns SingTel’s appeal over tax deductions for $14B Optus buy
Tax 2024-10-25 11:53 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court will not review a Full Court ruling that backed the ATOā€™s rejection of over $894,000 in tax deductions related to SingTel’s $14.2 billion acquisition of Optus.

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Optus denies cyberattack was not ‘highly sophisticated’
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-10-22 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Optus has struck back at ACMA’s claim that a cyberattack that exposed the information of around 10 million customers was not a “highly sophisticated” operation.

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ACCC signs off on Optus, TPG network sharing deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-09-05 12:27 pm By Sam Matthews

The competition watchdog has approved a blockbuster regional network sharing deal expected to boost TPGā€™s regional coverage as well as Optusā€™ 5G rollout, after rejecting a similar deal between TPG and Telstra.Ā 

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Telstra’s case stayed against family of employee accused of $3M theft
Telecommunications 2024-08-26 11:11 pm By Andy Sidler

Telstra’s case against two family members of a former employee accused of stealing millions of dollars in phones and other electronics has been paused pending the outcome of criminal proceedings, with a court finding the telco’s pursuit of proceeds of the alleged crime would prejudice the pair’s right to silence.

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TPG follows telco giants in scrapping exclusivity deal with Google
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-13 2:03 pm By Sam Matthews

The competition watchdog has accepted an undertaking from TPG not to renew an agreement requiring it to pre-install Google on mobile devices it supplies, following similar undertakings given by Telstra and Optus last month.Ā 

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Kingfisher Mobile pares claims in $45M lawsuit against Telstra
Telecommunications 2024-08-16 11:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Contractor Kingfisher Mobile has dropped a claim against Telstra in a $45 million lawsuit alleging the telco breached a November 2022 contract when it engaged a new provider to take over.Ā 

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Telstra fights silkā€™s claims over email bounce-back
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-09 11:49 pm By Sam Matthews

Telstra has hit back at a senior barristerā€™s suit alleging it flags his emails to Bigpond addresses as spam and fails to send them, saying the problem has already been fixed.Ā 

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