Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)

Have your say: The ACMA is now consulting on the draft Five-year spectrum outlook (FYSO) 2025–30. We want to hear your thoughts about our proposed spectrum management priorities for 2025–26, and trends affecting our spectrum management work. Your views will help inform our priorities and focus areas. We welcome feedback from industry and the community by Thursday 10 April. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gSex-YiP

An ACMA investigation has found Foxtel breached gambling advertising rules during the broadcast of an AFL match between Port Adelaide and Essendon in April 2024. The investigation found a virtual banner promoting a gambling operator that appeared during Foxtel’s coverage of the match failed to include an adequate responsible gambling message. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gZj4uYup

The ACMA has finalised the information paper on our approach to radiocommunications licensing and allocation, following our consultation last year. Our updated information paper outlines our approach to radiocommunications licensing and spectrum allocation and the reasons behind it.?The paper looks at licensing and allocation arrangements, including licence duration, payments, renewal statements, allocation and re-allocation, and the processes we use. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gZ4dNksx?

We have today released our advice to the Minister for Communications, the Hon Michelle Rowland MP, on possible alternative licence conditions for spectrum licences. The Minister asked the ACMA for this advice in the context of our work to prepare for the expiry of a large number of spectrum licences between 2028 and 2032. Most of these licences are used for wireless broadband networks. Part of our advice suggests that place-based secondary licensing frameworks have the potential to promote competition and consumer choice in regional Australia. The Minister has asked ACMA to further explore the merits of such frameworks. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gtxYXYQT?

Telstra has paid a $626,000 penalty and offered a comprehensive court-enforceable undertaking after it sent close to 10.5 million text messages that did not comply with Australia’s spam laws. https://lnkd.in/gSHwPAqn?

Last week we had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from the Fijian Media Association, as well as various Fijian news and broadcast outlets at our Sydney office. The visiting delegation were given a presentation about the ACMA’s regulatory roles, our work on scams, and overseeing the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation. The visit was part of a broader program coordinated by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, allowing Fijian delegates the opportunity to learn more about Australia’s media landscape.

Our latest quarterly report on telco consumer protections is out now. Some of our key actions in the report include: ??We made an industry standard requiring telcos to prioritise customer contact during major network outages ??We updated the Emergency Call Service Determination so all mobile phones can call Triple Zero following the 3G network shutdown ??A telco paid infringement notices totalling $12,000,420 for failing to comply with Triple Zero emergency number rules ??We published telco complaints-handling data, showing the performance of Australia’s 34 largest telcos. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gaPMABJ2

Today marks the 50 year anniversary of colour TV starting in Australia! Watch the first Australian broadcast of it here: https://lnkd.in/gb29pwCs National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

Received an email from a LinkedIn email address that doesn’t seem right? Scammers are currently impersonating LinkedIn. https://lnkd.in/g8_7QNaa

Unsolicited communications – such as commercial email and SMS spam, scams and telemarketing – are a problem for many Australians. Our latest actions on unsolicited communications during October to December 2024 included: ??Issuing 1,071 alerts to businesses about possible compliance issues ??Partnering with UK telco regulator Ofcom to combat scams ??Telcos reporting that more than 2.3 billion scam calls and 857.4 million scam SMS have been blocked since July 2022. Find out more in our latest quarterly report on scams, spam, and telemarketing: https://lnkd.in/g5KuuvcV