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ACCC clears Optus to scrap HFC network and use NBN instead
The ACCC has cleared, provisionally, the proposed deal between Optus and NBN Co under which Optus is to be paid around $800m to shut down its HFC network and transfer customers onto the NBN. read moreACCC reviews Hutchison mobile termination offers
Stuart Corner
Sunday, 20 November 2005 12:38
There are six undertakings in all: three which relate to calls terminating on the Hutchison '3' 3G network and three for its Orange CDMA network. They are otherwise identical.
Of the three in each set, one relates to calls originating on fixed and overseas networks, one to what Hutchison calls it 'dual rate' MTAS and one to its 'single rate' MTAS.
Hutchison is proposing a charge of 18 cents per minute fro all non-mobile originated calls, 12 cents per minute from mobile carriers that agree to charge Hutchison the same rate to terminate calls on their networks and 21 cent per minute for those who do not.
Lodgement of the undertakings follows the ACCC's decision on 30 June 2004 to continue regulating MTAS and at that time it estimated that the cost of providing mobile terminating access, including a normal profit, lay within a range of 5 to12 cents per minute.
It has since issued draft decisions on access disputes against Vodafone and Optus proposing, in each case a price of 18 cents per minute until 1 January 2006 and then 15 cents per minute to a date 12 month from the date of its determination.
Copies of the undertakings, the submission and the discussion paper will be available from the ACCC's website, here.
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