WorldxChange Pty Limited has notified the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of an access dispute with Telstra Corporation Limited under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974.
The dispute relates to the terms and conditions on which Telstra supplies WorldxChange with the Local Carriage Service. This service involves the supply of wholesale local calls using Telstra's network and enables Telstra's competitors to provide local calls to end-users.
The ACCC has commenced the arbitration process for this access dispute.
Given that the legislation contemplates that arbitrations be conducted in private the ACCC will not be making any public comment at this stage.