ACMA Fines Dodo for Flouting Telemarketing

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has slapped telco company Dodo with a fine of $147,400 for allegedly engaging offshore call centres to make around 70 calls on its behalf to numbers on the Do Not Call Register. The penalty is the largest issued by ACMA since the Do Not Call Register legislation took effect in May 2007. The fines are set at $2,200 per call or up to a maximum of $110,000 per day