Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has committed to stricter Do Not Call Register-related guidelines for its telemarketers as part of an enforceable undertaking it submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

If a telemarketer offers to list your phone number on the Do Not Call Register for a fee, you’re being scammed.

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.

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.

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.

Westpac has received a slap on the wrist by the communications watchdog for making prohibited telemarketing calls to its customers.

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.