Opel's WiMAX an unproven duplication of Next G, says Telstra

Stuart Corner
Tuesday, 19 June 2007 05:43

IT Policy - Regulation

He aid that Telstra would now be calling on the Federal Government to bring forward its review of the regulatory regime and for a raft of regulatory requirements to be immediately removed or reviewed.

"Telstra will call for an immediate review of...: the requirement to provide 64kbps terrestrial and satellite data services; the requirement to provide a 19.2kbps dial-up Internet service; a review of the USO, which is under-funded by at least $500m a year; requirements like the Local Presence Plan, Network Reliability Framework and Priority Assistance should be extended to SingTel Optus; the requirement to make Telstra's transmission network available in regional areas (now obsolete with SingTel Optus being paid to build its own backhaul); and parts XIB and XIC of the Trade Practices Act (given that SingTel Optus is being paid by taxpayers to build alternative, competing networks)."