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ACCC Sets Interim Mobile Prices |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Monday, 19 February 2007 |
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released an interim determination covering two
telecommunications access disputes regarding the supply of the mobile
terminating access service (MTAS).
Optus Mobile/Networks and Telstra
will have the price they pay each other for mobile phone call termination set by teh competition regulator because they refuse to come to an agreement themselves.
The interim determinations set a price for the MTAS of 12 cents per
minute for the period commencing 1 January 2007 to 30 June 2007.
The interim determination sets out the charges to be paid by Telstra
to the Optus Entities for the supply of the MTAS, except where agreed
otherwise by the parties. The statement of reasons sets out the ACCC's
reasons for the interim determinations. The interim determinations were
made on 18 December 2006.
The ACCC is legally obliged to consult with the parties for a period
of 14 days regarding publication of these interim determinations and
statement of reasons. The ACCC began consultations on 25 January 2007
and considered relevant submissions before deciding to publish both
interim determinations and the accompanying statements of reasons in
their entirety.
Given that the legislation contemplates that arbitrations otherwise
be conducted in private, the ACCC will not be making any further public
comment at this stage.
The disputes relate to the charges, and other terms and conditions,
for carrying that portion of a call which terminates on the Optus
Entities' mobile network.
The interim determinations will be available on the ACCC website, www.accc.gov.au, under Published arbitration determinations.
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