AAPT Limited has notified the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of four access disputes under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

The disputes relate to the price of access to the Domestic Transmission Capacity Service; the price of access to both the GSM Originating and Terminating Access Services; and the network elements to be included in the Digital Data Access Service. Each of the disputes relate to the provision of these services by Telstra Corporation Limited to AAPT Limited.

Accordingly, the ACCC has begun the arbitration process.

Given that the legislation contemplates that arbitrations be conducted in private the ACCC will not be making any public comment at this stage.