Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
The Government has imposed a licence condition on Telstra that requires
it to "implement and maintain an effective local presence in rural,
regional and remote Australia". Telstra will now be required to develop
an "adequate" Local Presence Plan which will be open for public comment
for at least six weeks and will be subject to approval by
communications minister, senator Helen Coonan.
The plan must: outline how Telstra intends to maintain an effective
local presence in rural, regional and remote Australia; allow for
consultation with regional, rural and remote customers to ensure their
concerns and service requirements are accommodated; focus Telstra's
workforce and management on meeting the needs and interests of their
customers; and provide measures that will enable the minister and the
Australian Communications and Media Authority to monitor Telstra's
compliance with the Plan.
Telstra must consider submissions made during public consultation and
provide a report to the minister taking into account stakeholders'
views and explaining their impacts on Telstra's Rural and Regional
Presence Plan. The minister has issued a detail guide specifying
matters to be addressed in its plan. It can be downloaded from here.
There has been no indication given of any timetable for the process.
David Bass
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