Speeches and reports about the Telecoms industry regulation in Australia.
Application for exemption from standard Access Obligations in respect of the SingTel Optus HFC Network (www.telstra.com.au - PDF 1.18MB)
Telstra has moved to force SingTel Optus to invest in its lazy and under-utilised cable network by seeking an exemption from providing access to Telstra's networks in the same areas where SingTel Optus has its own cable network. Telstra has enlisted the support of a leading UK economist, Prof Martin Cave, in its application for the exemption. Prof Cave was one of the first t o put forward the "ladder of investment" theory, which has ostensibly been used by the ACCC to justify how it regulates access to Telstra's network.
19 December 2007
Universal Service: providing telecommunications services to Australians (wwww.teltra.com - PDF 670KB)
In its submission to the USO Review, Telstra has strongly supported the policy commitment to the USO, but said the USO is under funded. The USO ensures all Australians reasonable access to a standard telephone service wherever they live or carry on a business. It is a fundamental right that is too important not to be properly funded. However, the true cost of the USO has never been adequately determined or recognised, and as a result, the costs can't be properly recovered. The last time an attempt was made to derive the real cost of the USO was in 1998 when the ACA estimated it was $548 million. However the funding available for the USO is set by a Ministerial determination - at just $145 million for the current financial year. In addition to their contribution to the drastically under-funded levy, Telstra's shareholders pay the difference between the levy and the true cost
November 2007
Pledge to reduce red tape (PDF - 33KB)
Speech by Senator Stephen Conroy to the Australian Telecommunications Users Group conference, Sydney
March 7 2007
Telstra’s submission in response to the Local Services Review (PDF - 1, 209KB)
On 17 March 2006 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) released its Local Services Review: Draft Decision on whether or not the ACCC should extend, vary or revoke its existing declaration of the local carriage service. This Telstra submission was prepared in response to the Commission's draft decision.
Telstra Corporation Limited.
April 2006
Telstra submission to ACCC review of network access regulation (PDF - 1.39MB)
This paper is a response to a proposal by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) entitled "A strategic review of the regulation of fixed network services".
Telstra Corporation Limited.
February 2006
Telstra Regulatory Briefing for Analysts (www.telstra.com.au)
Telstra Corporation Limited.
1 December 2005
National Infrastructure Investment Leaders’ Summit speech (PDF - 72KB)
Kate McKenzie, Deputy Group Managing Director, Telstra Public Policy and Communications.
19 October 2005
Existing and proposed regulation of the telecommunications industry (PDF – 49KB)
Tony Warren, General Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Telstra Corporation Limited.
To Morgan Stanley ‘Telecom Regulation for Investors' Conference’ .
20 September 2005
Implications of regulation on rural service (PDF – 36KB)
Malcolm Broad, Area General Manager, Central Queensland, Telstra Country Wide.
To Sustainable Economic Growth in Regional Australia (SEGRA) Conference.
6 September, 2005
Australian telecoms moving into 2006 (Word – 105KB)
Report by Paul Budde.
Provided September 2005
Australian Telecom Regulation in Practice (PDF- 103KB)
Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Ph.D., Chairman, CapAnalysis LLC.
18 August 2005
Getting the regulatory settings right for the modern telecommunications market (PDF – 70KB)
Kate McKenzie, Deputy Group Managing Director, Public Policy and Communications, Telstra Corporation Limited.
To Australian Telecommunications Summit.
5 July, 2005