Hearing aid retailers Oticon Australia and Sonic Innovations have been hit with fines of $2.5 million by the Federal Court for misleading advertising claims that hearing aids for pensioners included wireless technology that would allow users to connect them to digital devices like televisions and mobile phones.

It is critical that the rollout of 5G in Australia is done in a way that promotes competition and works for the benefit of consumers, according to the chief of the competition watchdog, Rod Sims.

The ACCC has approved Telstra’s proposed variation to the NBN migration plan for special services which set out the steps Australia’s biggest telco will take to progressively migrate voice and broadband services from its copper and HFC networks to the broadband network as it is rolled out.