ACCC calls opens discussion on proposed variation to fixed line access determinations

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced the launch of a public inquiry regarding the variation of fixed line final access determinations (FADs) after fixed line incumbent Telstra called for relief until March 2013 from providing a number of declared services in ‘greenfield’ locations where the National Broadband Network (NBN) has been deployed. The services in question are wholesale line rental (WLR), local carriage service (LCS) and a subset of the public switched telephone network originating access service (PSTN OA) called preselect and override services; Telstra is currently required to provide access for competitors to these declared services. A temporary technical inability to provide access to a wholesale voice service over the NBN in new-build estates until September 2012 is understood to have prompted Telstra’s request

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OVETEL ACCC calls opens discussion on proposed variation to fixed line access determinations