The ACCC has released its Mobile Infrastructure Report 2024, as part of a broader publication of mobile infrastructure data and analysis.

The ACCC has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Magnamail for allegedly making false or misleading statements in relation to “pre-draw” promotions in Magnamail’s mail order catalogues, and its parent company Direct Group for allegedly being knowingly involved in this conduct.

The competition watchdog the ACCC will not oppose the Sigma and Chemist Warehouse merger after accepting a court-enforceable undertaking from Sigma.

The competition watchdog, the ACCC will conduct a series of public hearings from 7 to 22 November as part of its ongoing Supermarkets Inquiry.

The government has introduced a new bill to maintain wholesale broadband operator National Broadband Network (NBN) in public ownership.

The Minister for Communications will direct the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to legislate an enforceable industry standard to ensure appropriate support is provided to telco customers experiencing domestic and family violence (DFV).

Australian telcos received fewer complaints in 2023-24 but took longer to resolve, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) 2023-24 telco complaint data.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a discussion and position paper for the combined public inquiry into making final access determinations for the resale fixed line services — the wholesale line rental, local carriage service and wholesale ADSL.

A senate inquiry that probed last year's Optus outage has listed recommendations including the emergence of "large-scale network roaming" and "mutual assistance arrangements for major outages" to prevent the impact of future incidents of similar scale.

Additional funding valued at $30 million over 3.5 years is to be allocated for investigations and enforcement relating to the supermarket and retail sector.