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The competition watchdog the ACCC maintains that Google’s dominance in general search services in Australia has continued despite regulatory and technological changes to search services.

With the passing of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024 by the Australian Parliament yesterday, the competition watchdog, the ACCC says it is intensifying its focus to ensure that implementation of the new merger regime is successful when it commences.

Competition watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has called for industry submissions concerning the recently announced proposed multi-billion dollar acquisition by Australian communications infrastructure group Vocus of key network assets of telecoms operator TPG.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is seeking stakeholder submissions on the approach to calculating the Regional Broadband Scheme (RBS) levy for its 2025 advice to the Minister for Communications on the levy.

The competition watchdog, the ACCC, has published a consultation paper on the development of a record keeping rule for non-NBN superfast broadband providers regarding service quality and network performance.

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

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.

Two telecommunications bodies - one representing telecoms consumers and the other industry participants - have lambasted Australia's second largest telco Optus after consumer and competition watchdog the ACCC announced it was taking the telco to court for alleged sales misconduct.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court alleging that Australia's second largest telco Optus engaged in unconscionable conduct across multiple regions, including Darwin, Mount Isa and others.

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.

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.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced it included Elon Musk's telco Starlink as a reporting entity under the Internet Activity Record Keeping and Reporting Rules.

Some consumers on NBN Co’s Fixed Wireless Plus plan have experienced a significant improvement to their broadband speeds in the past six months following recent speed changes introduced by NBN Co, the ACCC’s latest Measuring Broadband Australia report has found.

Honda Australia has paid a penalty of $18,780 after the competition watchdog, the ACCC, issued it with an infringement notice for an alleged breach of Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Information Sharing Scheme (MVIS scheme) information sharing requirements.

Telco challenger alliance Commpete said in a statement it will respect the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) decision to approve Optus and TPG Telecom’s 11-year network sharing deal.

Cloud networking and security services provider Infoblox and indigenous Australian ICT and cyber security provider Baidam launched Baidam Takedown Services, an Australian-first capability that can take down lookalike websites and scam domains within a week using the Domain Name System (DNS).

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved Optus and TPG Telecom's 11-year network sharing agreement.

The market share of major Australian telcos slightly declined while smaller telcos saw a slight increase, according to the NBN Wholesale Market Indicators Report, prepared quarterly for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) by wholesale broadband operator NBN Co.

The competition regulator the ACCC will continue to closely monitor domestic airfares on services between metropolitan cities following Rex’s withdrawal from this market.