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Lyca Mobile controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2020

    Amaysim and Lycamobile pay fines over advertising

    Fine or penalty

    Amaysim and Lycamobile paid fines of $126,000 and $12,600, respectively, after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission pursued them over allegedly misleading advertising of mobile plans as “unlimited” despite maximum data allowances.

    Source excerpt

    • Amaysim and Lycamobile have forked out $126,000 and $12,600, respectively, in fines after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) pursued them for allegedly misleading advertising.
    • The ACCC claimed both telcos advertised that their mobile plans were ‘unlimited’, when there were, in fact, maximum data allowances in place.