Telstra's PSTN originating and terminating access and local carriage service undertaking (March 2006)
In March 2006 Telstra submitted an undertaking for the public switched telephone network (PSTN) originating and terminating access (OTA) services and the local carriage service (LCS). The undertaking sets out how Telstra proposed to meet its standard access obligations to supply PSTN OTA and the LCS from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2008.
In particular, the undertaking related to the prices Telstra proposed to charge for PSTN OTA services and the LCS.
The ACCC released Telstra's undertaking in April 2006 for the information of interested parties.
The ACCC released a discussion paper seeking comments on the undertakings on 5 May 2006. Public versions of the submissions in response to the discussion paper are available below.
The ACCC released its draft decision to reject the undertaking in September 2006 Public versions of the submissions in response to the discussion paper are available below.
The ACCC released its final decision to reject the undertaking in November 2006. A public version of that decision is available below.
The ACCC received nine confidential witness statements from Telstra dated 11, 18 and 31 August and 5 September (received in September 2006) and 13, 15, 27, 29 and 29 September 2006 (all received on 20 October 2006). Public versions of all but the 31 August state...
In addition to the attached submissions, the ACCC received the following confidential submissions that were provided without public versions:
Verizon (Jun 06)
Hutchison, Hutchison response on Telstra's PSTN undertaking (11 Jul 06)
Macquarie Telecom (email), PSTN and ULL undertaking rates (13 Jul...
