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Critical Information Summary: More guidance

Posted on 3 December 2012 by Peter Moon

Every day, it seems more telcos are releasing a Critical Information Summary or CIS. The early adopters are to be applauded for taking a lead, even though some are making mistakes along the way. The latest CIS we’ve come across … Continue reading →

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Early Termination Fees: CIS statements sound legal alert

Posted on 30 November 2012 by Peter Moon

TCPCode.com.au has paid some attention this week to early instances of the ‘CIS’ or ‘Critical Information Summary’ statements that all telcos must publish for their offers by March 2013.  It turns out that CIS’s sound an alert when a telco … Continue reading →

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Critical Information Summary: Beware the trap

Posted on 28 November 2012 by Peter Moon

Critical Information Summaries are starting to appear in the wild, despite the fact that they are not mandatory until 1 March 2013.  But there’s a gotcha that is already catching out some telcos.  They are forgetting to include the ‘single … Continue reading →

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Risky business: Advertising business plans ex-GST

Posted on 12 November 2012 by Peter Moon

It’s worth remembering three things about the TCP Code and its relationship with other laws.  And that they put extra pressure on the often dangerous practice of advertising business plans ex-GST, unless you know exactly what you’re doing. We’ll explain … Continue reading →

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Unit Pricing: Peter Moon comments in the AFR

Posted on 31 October 2012 by Peter Moon

With the arrival of unit pricing requirements, TCPCode.com.au editor Peter Moon has written about them in his weekly Hands On technology column in the Australian Financial Review.

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Communications Compliance switches on regulatory radar

Posted on 30 October 2012 by Peter Moon

Just four days after the TCP Code's Unit Pricing Rules kicked into force, Communications Compliance has alerted a number of telcos to compliance issues. If anyone was wondering whether the new regulator has switched on its regulatory radar yet, we … Continue reading →

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Unit Pricing Rules go live

Posted on 27 October 2012 by Peter Moon

Midnight, 26 October 2012: The TCP Code’s Unit Pricing Rules are now mandatory. If you’re offering post-paid mobile plans with voice/data/SMS included $ value, or post-paid internet plans with included data, you must include certain ‘standard pricing elements’ in plan … Continue reading →

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Unit Pricing Rules Guide now in Code Compliance Store

Posted on 24 October 2012 by Peter Moon

Eight weeks after the TCP Code 1 September launch date … that’s 27 October if you pace it out on a calendar … new ‘unit pricing’ rules come into force for ‘Text Advertising’ of many post-paid mobile and internet plans. … Continue reading →

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