Competition regulator the ACCC is set to probe what's stopping Telstra's rivals rolling out broadband services -- and whether there are 'real' blocks, like space constraints, that are preventing them or whether there are 'artificial' restraints on accessing the unbundled local loop.
Telstra will be forced to keep meticulous records on activities in its telephone exchanges, according to new regulations designed to alleviate complaints by other telcos.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Graeme Samuel today called on Telstra to "throw the switch" in more exchanges to its faster new-generation ADSL2+ service.
Telstra has been warned by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) not to sabotage attempts by rival carriers to roll-out their own hardware in Telstra exchanges.
The men running Telstra have been accused of a lot of things, but lack of conviction is definitely not one of them. I found this out recently after having the chance to hear Phil Burgess, the company's most senior regular spokesperson and an outspoken critic of the government's telecommunications policy, address an AIIA-sponsored business lunch in Melbourne.
Loosening the regulatory controls on Telstra might actually make it easier to attract customers away from its copper network and onto the new and shiny National Broadband Network.
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