MTAS pricing principles and indicative prices 2009–2011
On 19 March 2009, the ACCC released final pricing principles and indicative prices for the mobile terminating access service (MTAS) for the period of 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011, available below.
Prior to determining the final pricing principles and indicative prices, the ACCC issued a draft pricing principles determination and sought submissions from interested parties. Copies of the draft decision and the submissions in response are available below.
The ACCC received submissions from the ATUG, Competitive Carriers' Coalition, Hutchison 3G, Optus, Telstra, Unwired and Vodafone.
Fixed to mobile passthrough
In finalising the MTAS pricing principles determination 2009–11 the ACCC noted a lack of fixed to mobile (FTM) passthrough.
Subsequent to the MTAS pricing principles determination 2009–11 the ACCC engaged Analysys Mason to undertake a study of the regulatory treatment of FTM passthrough. Analysys Mason provided the ACCC with a report that benchmarked and researched international regulatory approaches to FTM passthrough, and provided a welfare model to estimate social welfare effects between different regulatory scenarios. A copy of the Analysys Mason report is available below.
