On 30 October 2014, the ACCC released a discussion paper regarding non-price terms and conditions for Final Access Determinations (FADs) for the:
- fixed line services and the wholesale ADSL service
- mobile terminating access service (MTAS)
- domestic transmission capacity service (DTCS).
Given these inquiries will cover a number of related issues regarding non-price terms and conditions, the ACCC considers there are benefits in conducting a combined consultation process on these issues for the above services.
The ACCC has previously released and consulted on a position paper.
FAD inquiries discussion paper
The discussion paper seeks further industry views regarding the regulatory option the ACCC should adopt when making non-price terms and conditions in FADs in order to provide effective regulatory fall-back to industry.
The ACCC invited submissions by 5 pm on 28 November 2014 but has extended this date. Submissions are now due by 5pm on 12 December 2014.
| Document title | Published date |
|---|---|
| FAD Inquiries - Non price terms and conditions - Discussion paper - October 2014 ( PDF 737.71 KB | DOCX 154.63 KB ) | 30 October 2014 |
Submissions
| Document title | Published date |
|---|---|
| FRS FAD inquiry - Non Price Terms and Conditions - iiNet submission (12 December 2014) ( PDF 307.13 KB ) | 18 December 2014 |
| FSR FAD inquiry – Non Price Terms and Conditions - Nextgen submission (12 December 2014) ( PDF 426.15 KB ) | 18 December 2014 |
| FSR FAD inquiry – Non Price Terms and Conditions - Optus submission (12 December 2014) ( PDF 451.04 KB ) | 18 December 2014 |
| FSR FAD inquiry – Non Price Terms and Conditions - NBN Co submission (12 December 2014) ( PDF 2.01 MB ) | 18 December 2014 |
| FSR FAD inquiry – Non Price Terms and Conditions - VHA submission (12 December 2014) ( PDF 1.07 MB ) | 18 December 2014 |
| FSR FAD inquiry – Non Price Terms and Conditions - Telstra submission (16 December 2014) ( PDF 1.46 MB ) | 18 December 2014 |
| FSR FAD inquiry – Non Price Terms and Conditions – Macquarie Telecom submission (19 December 2014) ( PDF 266.94 KB ) | 22 December 2014 |
Confidential submissions
The ACCC received confidential submissions from iiNet, Telstra and Vodafone. An overview of the submissions received is shown below by stakeholder, along with a designated contact person.
iiNet
FSR FAD inquiry – Non Price Terms & Conditions – iiNet Submission (12 December 2014) - confidential version. pdf
David Ohri
Senior Associate, Thomson Geer
03 9641 8925
dohri@tglaw.com.au
Telstra
FSR FAD inquiry – Non Price Terms & Conditions – Telstra Submission (12 December 2014) - confidential version. pdf
Jodi Gray
Legal Counsel, Corporate Affairs, Telstra
03 8649 6264
jodi.gray@team.telstra.com
Vodafone
FSR FAD inquiry – Non Price Terms & Conditions – Vodafone Submission (12 December 2014) - confidential version. pdf
Sean Alexander
Head of Industry Strategy, Vodafone
Mobile:+61 406 428 023
sean.alexander@vodafone.com.au