The ACCC has powers to arbitrate telecommunications access disputes about access to declared services and to make a binding final determination to resolve a dispute.
The ACCC has developed broad pricing principles and indicative prices for declared services that indicate the approach the ACCC would be likely to adopt if notified of a dispute about the supply of a particular declared service.
The ACCC conducts inquiries under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act on whether to declare telecommunications services, to vary or revoke existing declarations, and/or to grant exemptions from standard access obligations for declared services.
Digital radio services will commence in the six state capital cities by 1 January 2009. An access regime, administered by the ACCC, will apply to the digital radio multiplex licences that will be used by commercial and community broadcasters to provide digital radio services. The ACCC is consulti...
On 30 May 2007 FANOC Pty Limited (FANOC) lodged a special access undertaking with the ACCC under s. 152CBA of the Trade Practices Act 1974. The special access undertaking relates to the terms and conditions of access to FANOC's prospective fibre-to-the-node Broadband Access Service.
Under s. 152ELA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 the ACCC has a broad power to make written rules to deal with the procedures to apply in matters arising under Part XIC of the Act.
Access providers can voluntarily lodge written access undertakings with the ACCC specifying the terms and conditions upon which they agree to supply a specified service. The ACCC assesses the undertaking through a public consultation process and then accepts or rejects the undertaking.
