The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued interim price and non-price terms for Australia’s domestic transmission capacity service (DTCS).
The regulator today released an ‘interim access determination’ (IAD) for ethernet and fibre backhaul links, backdated to span the entire 2011 calendar year.
Pricing was based on both capacity and distance (pdf), with different pricing schedules set for inter-capital, inter-exchange, regional, and tail-end DTCS.
The Commission said prices reflected the way that inter-regional centre transmission is routed, which may be direct or via state capital cities.
It also noted that prices would change “as the market develops”, and expected further input from stakeholders prior to issuing a final access determination.
Today’s announcement followed the Commission’s release of IADs for six fixed-line services last month, under which a flat $16 a month charge was set for most wholesale access to Telstra’s copper network.
According to the Commission, Telstra provided more than 80 percent of DTCS across the country, measured by either revenue or number of services.
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