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ACCAN recently submitted to the NSW Fair Trading Strategy and Regulatory Priorities Discussion Paper (the Discussion Paper).
ACCAN supports the proposed strategic direction as outlined in the Discussion Paper. ACCAN considers that NSW Fair Trading should take into account the connectivity issues faced by communications consumers living in strata/renting when deciding its future strategy and regulatory priorities.
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ACCAN recently submitted to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts on the draft Ministerial Policy Statement — Expiring Spectrum Licences (the Draft).
Read more: Draft Ministerial Policy Statement — Expiring Spectrum Licences
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ACCAN recently submitted to Communications Alliance’s consultation on the review of the G596:2013 Communications Support for Emergency Response Industry Guideline (the Guideline).
The Guideline provides a procedure that facilitates cooperation between Pre-planned Service Providers, Secondary Service Providers, and Emergency Services Organisations in circumstances where pre-planned services are inadequate, and ad-hoc additional communications supports are requested by an Emergency Services Organisation.
Read more: G596:2013 Communications Support for Emergency Response Industry Guideline
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ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Digital Platform Services Inquiry – September 2024 report revisiting general search services issues paper.
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ACCAN recently submitted to Communications Alliance’s consultation on the C522:2016 Calling Number Display Guideline. The guideline outlines how Carriage Service Providers offer ‘private’ or ‘blocked’ Caller ID’s to consumers.
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ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) consultation on its compliance priorities for 2024–25. ACCAN has identified several areas the ACMA should consider when developing its compliance priorities for 2024-25. These areas include:
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ACCAN recently submitted to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts on the Fighting SMS Scams – What type of SMS sender ID registry should be introduced in Australia? consultation paper.
ACCAN supports the development of a SMS sender ID registry as a significant step towards improving outcomes for telecommunications consumers impacted by scams. ACCAN considers that the SMS sender ID registry should be mandatory and be developed and implemented before the end of 2024.
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ACCAN recently submitted to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (the Department) on the Better Delivery of Universal Services discussion paper (the Consultation). In addition to ACCAN’s responses to the Consultation questions, we further recommended that the Department:
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ACCAN recently responded to the Department of Home Affairs’ 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy: Legislative Reforms Consultation Paper (the Consultation Paper).
ACCAN supports the legislative reforms introduced by the Consultation Paper to address the gaps in the current regulatory framework. These reforms include:
Read more: 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy: Legislative Reforms Consultation Paper
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ACCAN provided a submission in January 2024 in response to a request from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to comment on NBN Co’s proposed Cost Allocation Manual (CAM).
The CAM sets out NBN Co’s proposed framework for the allocation of costs between ‘core’ monopoly services and competitive non-monopoly services. The attribution and allocation of costs has a profound effect on the wholesale prices ultimately faced by residential and small business consumers of monopoly core services.
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ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority consultation on draft captioning quality guidelines.
ACCAN welcomed the development of captioning quality guidelines which clarify the ACMA’s interpretation of quality requirements in the Broadcasting Services (Television Captioning) Standard. The guidelines addressed some of the concerns raised with ACCAN by consumers including latency, timing, readability, and the essential nature of captions that are meaningful.
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ACCAN recently submitted our comments to Communications Alliance on the C657:2024 Inbound Number Portability Industry Code.
ACCAN considers the current Code to largely be meeting its intended objectives: providing guidance for industry and providing appropriate consumer protections.
Read more: C657:2024 Inbound Number Portability Industry Code