Telstra's unconditioned local loop service monthly charge undertaking (December 2005)
In December 2005 Telstra submitted two unconditioned local loop service (ULLS) undertakings. The undertakings set out how Telstra proposed to meet its standard access obligations to supply the ULLS for the period from 1 January 2006 to 30 June 2007 and from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 respectively.
The undertakings related to the monthly charge Telstra proposed to charge for the ULLS.
The ACCC released Telstra's undertakings on 16 January 2006.
The ACCC issued a discussion paper on the undertakings, along with public versions of Telstra's supporting material for the undertakings, on 31 January 2006. The ACCC accepted submissions from parties until 28 March 2006 (a revised deadline).
Telstra provided its submissions in response to the discussion paper. It also resubmitted submissions it made in September 2005 in response to the ACCC's draft decision on Telstra's previous ULLS monthly charge undertaking. Public versions of both sets of submissions are available below. Following confirmation of the confidentiality status of the submissions, the ACCC also published public versions of submissions from other interested parties.
The ACCC released its draft decision to reject the undertakings in June 2006. A public version of the draft decision, including appendix D, is available below. Certain parties provided further submissions to the ACCC in response to the draft decision.
The ACCC released its final decision to reject the undertakings in August 2006. A public version of the final decision is available below.