Telecommunications

Telstra has reached an agreement with the consumer regulator after a court found the telco misled thousands of broadband customers about the speed of its budget internet provider, Belong.

A judge has ordered embattled Optus to pay a $100 million penalty for “appalling” contraventions, after the telco admitted staff pressured customers into buying phones they couldn't afford.

Optus has appointed former Sydney Water CEO and NBN Co director Kerry Schott to investigate a 13-hour Triple Zero outage linked to three deaths.

ACMA has kicked off an investigation into a 13-hour Optus Triple Zero outage connected to three deaths in two states, promising to look at Singapore-based parent company's Singtel's investment in the company's network and reporting systems.

Two Optus customers alerted the company to a triple zero outage , during which four people died, hours before the telecommunications provider restored the emergency service, CEO Stephen Rue has revealed.

Lander & Rogers has hired a technology, data and intellectual property pro from Clayton Utz to join its team in Melbourne.

Defunct telecommunications company Jabiru Satellite can add new claims to its suit against major banks for withdrawing support for Australia’s first satellite, but it can't put on a case that the lenders were “shadow” directors.

TPG Telecom has launched an investigation following a cyber incident which resulted in  280,000 emails of iiNet customers being accessed by hackers.

The judge overseeing three court proceedings against Optus over a 2022 data breach has questioned why it took the privacy regulator three years to file its case.

The privacy regulator has brought a case against Optus over a 2022 data breach that affected up to 10 million people, as the telco faces a class action and related proceedings by the media regulator.