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  ACMA voices concerns over revised TCP Code

  The Australia Media and Communications Authority (ACMA) may reject the revised Telecommunications Consumer Protections (TCP) Code submitted by industry body, the Communications Alliance, because of issues with sections covering advertising, pre-sale information and expenditure tools.

• DNSChanger malware victims may face internet switch off: ACMA

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has urged Australian internet users who may be DNSChanger victims to remove the malware form their computers before 9 July or face no internet service when domain name system (DNS) servers maintained by the FBI are switched off.

• ACMA calls for improved senior citizen cyber safety education

  Improving cyber safety education of senior citizens through more targeted programs would greatly improve their confidence and get more elderly Australians online, according to an Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) submission to a Senate committee investigating cyber safety for senior Australians.

• EventsHQ hit with enforceable undertaking under Spam Act

  National Poker League brand owner, EventsHQ, has accepted to meet requirements of the Spam Act following an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) into SMS messages sent to consumers which promoted National Poker League events.

• Mobile Premium Services Code targets misleading SMS adverts

  The introduction of the Communications Alliance’s Mobile Premium Services (MPS) Code is intended to eliminate misleading premium rate SMS and MMS service advertisements.

• Vodafone confirms spectrum licence renewal

  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has responded to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) limits on the amount of spectrum due to be sold to individual companies in 2012 by renewing its current licence holding.

• TCP Code revised to include new provisions

  The revised Telecommunications Consumer Protections (TCP) Code by the Communications Alliance has included new provisions such as regular customer usage notifications for voice, SMS and data services, stronger controls on telecommunications product advertising, a compliance monitoring body and a unit-pricing regime in advertisements.

• Nokia to pay $55k for spam SMS

  Nokia has copped a $55,000 wrist-slapping from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), accepting an enforceable undertaking for infringing the Spam Act 2003.

• ACMA issues Vodafone with TCP Code directions

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) provided directions for Vodafone and Vodafone Network to comply with the Telecommunications Consumer Protections Code (TCP Code).

• ACMA clears Seven Network of alleged Facebook privacy breach

  A Seven Local News report, which used images from a Facebook rest in peace (RIP) tribute page, has been found by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) not to be in breach of the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice 2010.

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  Aussies moving away from fixed-line communication devices: ACMA

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has claimed that Australian consumers are embracing multiple forms of communication technologies, with mobile phones being the “bulk of voice communications.”

• Will 04 mobile numbers run out by 2017?

  Australian telecommunication service providers may have to create new mobile number ranges to replace the current 04 number which is in danger of running out, according to ACMA.

• Aussie SME e-commerce growing, but slowly

  Despite signs that Australian businesses are making use of the online sales channel, retailers continue to lag behind other local industries.

• Nations collaborate on Do Not Call Register

  The Australian Media and Communications Authority’s (ACMA) push to eliminate nuisance telemarketing calls could get a boost following the inaugural International Do Not Call (DNC) Forum held in Paris on Friday.

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  Discounts needed for low income earners to access NBN: ACCAN

  The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has proposed a broadband low income measures scheme, including discount wholesale prices, to enable Australians earning $26,000 a year or less to access to the National Broadband Network (NBN).