Apple and the Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) have agreed that Apple should
pay a $2.25 million penalty for calling its iPads "4G", even though
they don't work on Australian 4G networks. However, the judge has not
yet approved this amount.
The ACCC took Apple to court
in March for using the moniker "4G" to describe iPads that were able to
connect to mobile networks, even though the 4G frequencies that the
iPad uses don't work on current Australian long-term evolution (LTE) 4G
networks.
Facts agreed on by the ACCC and Apple Australia suggest that Apple's
conduct breached...
