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).
ACCAN would support additions and clarifications to the Draft. The Draft should:
- Encourage the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to consider information on the utilisation of spectrum to inform its understanding of actual and potential competition amongst incumbent and prospective spectrum licensees in its application of the public interest criteria.
- Recommend that the ACMA consider developing public interest criteria for the use of low earth orbit satellites due to the potentially significant benefits of low earth orbit satellites in improving communications reliability.
For ACCAN’s extended comments, please see the attached copy of the Draft.
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