AAPT Limited notified the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on 30 November 1999 of an access dispute with Vodaphone Network Pty Limited under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974.
The dispute relates to the price paid by AAPT for domestic GSM originating and terminating access to the Vodaphone network. 'Originating access' and 'terminating access' are services whereby calls are passed from an originating network to be completed on a terminating network. In this case, the dispute relates to Vodaphone's charge for carrying that portion of a call that originates or terminates (as the case may be) on its mobile GSM network. The originating and terminating services were declared by the ACCC on 30 June 1997, pursuant to section 39 of the Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1997.
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.
The dispute relates to the price paid by AAPT for domestic GSM originating and terminating access to the Vodaphone network. 'Originating access' and 'terminating access' are services whereby calls are passed from an originating network to be completed on a terminating network. In this case, the dispute relates to Vodaphone's charge for carrying that portion of a call that originates or terminates (as the case may be) on its mobile GSM network. The originating and terminating services were declared by the ACCC on 30 June 1997, pursuant to section 39 of the Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1997.
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.