Displaying items by tag: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is seeking market feedback on a revised variation to the Special Access Undertaking governing NBN Co, the operators of the national broadband network.

Online shoppers have been warned by the competition watchdog to be wary of scammers masquerading as legitimate online retailers selling well-known brands at “too-good-to-be-true prices”.

Consumers buying concert tickets from ticket reseller websites are often over-paying and run the risk of having their tickets cancelled by venues and being hit by significant fines, according to consumer activist group Choice.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has moved to ensure all telecommunications service providers can continue to compete on a level playing field with Telstra for access to wholesale Internet ADSL services during the transition to the NBN, by extending ADSL access regulations for a further five years.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken court action against computers and electronic goods retailer MSY Technology over allegations the company has misrepresented consumers’ rights to remedies for faulty products.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released a discussion paper on wholesale domestic roaming services as it considers whether regulation of mobile roaming in the Australian market would promote competition among telecommunications services providers.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given the final green light to Vocus’ acquisition of Nextgen Networks with its decision not to oppose the deal on the grounds of diminished market competition.

A new document designed to "reduce the number of deaths and injuries from children swallowing button batteries in Australia" comes from the ACCC which urges businesses to take urgent note.

COMMENT The age old cry is that “the Internet too slow.” In part that has been exposed by the raft of new AC routers that may be able to connect at up to a gigabit in your network but grind to a halt when it hits the Internet.

There is an old saying, “If it seems too good to be true it probably is!” So it's timely to warn of the latest scam purporting to be from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

The competition watchdog has warned small businesses about the alleged misconduct of the Australian Business Funding Centre — also known as Australian Business Financing Centre (ABFC) — which operates the government website and data base for government grants and loans.

Scammers hit over 100,000 unsuspecting Australians last year cheating them out of a whopping $229 million, according to the latest Scamwatch report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Optus has suffered a drop in revenue after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission changed mobile call fees, but the company says the impact on profitability has been ‘minimal”.

The initial quarterly NBN wholesale market indicators report for the period ending 31 March 2016 has been released by the ACCC.

The CCC is commending the ACCC ‘for today publishing its first data on market shares on the NBN, which gave early insights into emerging areas of concern for competition.’

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reports that telco Vaya ‘has taken measures’ to address ACCC concerns following a spike in consumer complaints.

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, there’s been a timely reminder from Australia’s competition watchdog that we Aussies lost $22.7 million to dating and romance scams last year, and scammers are once again after your money.

Opinion: Your car, TV, washer, printer, mobile phone, computer, tablet, smartwatch breakdowns just outside of warranty. Are you still covered?

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s view on NBN wholesale aggregation has been blamed as ‘premature at best, wrongheaded at worst’ by telco Macquarie Telecom.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the green light to the merger of Foxtel and the Ten Network, ruling that the deal is unlikely to substantially lessen competition in the media market.