Apple Gets in Dutch with Ozzie Regulator

Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) filed a legal complaint against Apple Wednesday charging it with misleading consumers in promoting its new iPad. It said Apple suggests the iPad with Wifi+4G can connect to an Australian 4G mobile network with a SIM card when it can’t. The regulator wanted financial penalties, corrective advertising, refunds for the consumers affected and possibly an injunction. The one 4G network in the country is reportedly part of the spectrum the iPad can’t reach but Apple is pushing to retain its 4G branding.

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