Optus fined $5m for misleading ads

Optus has been ordered to pay a fine of $5.26 million after losing a case about misleading advertising.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sued the company, formally known as Singtel Optus, in the Federal Court over an advertising campaign for broadband internet plans launched on Anzac Day last year.

In a judgment published today, the court ruled there was an "essential vice" in the advertisements, because they misled people about the download allowance they could get under the plans.

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