Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman welcomes Telecommunications Industry Standards
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman welcomes the ACMA’s Consumer Information Standards announced today (22 June 2018).
Executive Director of Dispute Resolution and Deputy Ombudsman Diane Carmody says “We welcome ACMA’s enforceable standards to improve the customer experience when migrating to a service delivered over the NBN. We are pleased that our comments aimed at improving consistency of consumer information have been adopted and we are continuing to work with providers and stakeholders to improve outcomes and standards in telecommunications provision.
We encourage industry to take steps to align their processes and product information with the new standards. We will take the ACMA’s standards into account when considering disputes.”
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About the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman is a free and independent dispute resolution and complaint handling service for residential consumers and small businesses who have an unresolved complaint about their phone or internet service. www.tio.com.au or 1800 062 058.
About the telecommunications sector
Government and the regulators set policy and regulations for the telecommunications sector.
The Telecommunications industry regulators are the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) www.acma.gov.au Media enquiries to 02 9334 7719, 0434 652 063 or media@acma.gov.au and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) https://www.accc.gov.au Media enquiries to 1300 138 917, media@accc.gov.au.
Communications Alliance is the peak body for Australian communications industry. Media enquiries to Sefiani Communications. www.sefiani.com.au 0431 478 558.
The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) is Australia’s peak communications consumer organisation. Media enquiries to 0409 966 931.