-AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION: ACCC issues Internet competition notice to Telstra

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 May 1998-AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION: ACCC issues Internet competition notice to Telstra (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:280598 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today issued its first Competition Notice* alleging Telstra Corporation Limited has engaged in anti- competitive conduct in breach of the telecommunications provisions of the Trade Practices Act.

The competition notice alleges Telstra contravened the competition rule** by charging its Internet competitors for services by Telstra while at the same time refusing to pay for a similar service it received from those same Internet competitors. "This is the first time the ACCC has used its special telecommunications powers, granted to it from July 1997,...