Last updated Telecommunications Issues in Market Definition
New Part XIB of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (the TPA) gives the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (the ACCC) new powers to control anti-competitive conduct by carriers and carriage service providers. In using these powers, and specifically when issuing a Competition Notice1 or making a tariff filing direction, the ACCC will have to form a view about the telecommunications markets in which these industry participants operate. Thus, in issuing a tariff filing direction, the ACCC must be satisfied that the person to whom it is to be directed has a substantial degree of power in a telecommunications market... more. (pdf, size 114kb)