News

• VHA clamps down on telemarketer behaviour

  By Spandas Lui | 10 January, 2012 14:18

  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).

• Telemarketing's latest scam denounced by ACMA

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 01 September, 2010 15:46

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

• Do Not Call Register changes could squeeze IT resellers

  By Julia Talevski | 18 February, 2010 16:12

  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.

• Do Not Call Register complaints nosedive by 60 per cent

  By Spandas Lui | 06 July, 2009 12:12

  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 hit with call register price hike

  By Darren Pauli | 24 March, 2009 15:29

  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 in trouble for unsolicited marketing calls

  By Kathryn Edwards | 16 March, 2009 12:27

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

• Dodo pays $147k for telemarketer fumble

  By Darren Pauli | 22 October, 2008 13:26

  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.