Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd has notified the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of an access dispute under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act, 1974.

The dispute relates to Telstras supply of transmission capacity to Primus and the price to be paid by Primus to Telstra for access to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) operated by Telstra Corporation Ltd.

Accordingly, the ACCC will commence an arbitration hearing.

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