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Fri 11 Nov 2009Claim that law will stop refunds from premium phone services
CONSUMERS WHO have been overcharged or ripped off by premium-rate telephone service providers will find it more difficult to seek redress once a new communications Bill becomes law, the chairman of RegTel has claimed.
At the launch of what is expected to be its final report before its functions are transferred to telecommunications watchdog ComReg, RegTel’s chairman Fred Hayden expressed concern at the manner in which Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan has introduced the Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009.
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