Proposed extensions to the Do Not Call Registry in the Senate would see organisations prevented from calling new business and government prospects
IT resellers could find their ability to sell to new customers severely hindered by plans to extend Australia’s Do Not Call Register to include business and government telephone numbers.
ACMA says telemarketers are getting the message regarding unsolicited calls to numbers listed on the register
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is touting a 60 per cent plunge in complaints regarding the Do Not Call Register as a result of improved telemarketers compliance.
Do Not Call register down $300K last year
Telemarketers will pay more to access to the government's Do Not Call register list which is needed to remove banned phone numbers from telephone directories.
Ignored Do Not Call list, warned by ACMA.
Westpac has received a slap on the wrist by the communications watchdog for making prohibited telemarketing calls to its customers.
More than 23,000 Do Not Call complaints logged last year.
The largest penalty in the history of the Do Not Call Register has been slapped on discount telco Dodo Australia after its offshore call centres rang de-listed Australian phone numbers.
