-AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY: Exemptions from providing local call number portability.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-5 October 1998-AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY: Exemptions from providing local call number portability (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:021098 The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) today announced its decisions to grant exemptions from the obligation to provide local number portability (LNP).

The exemptions will apply for a limited period to carriage service providers Telstra and Optus. In reaching these decisions, the ACA consulted with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and affected industry players. The introduction of LNP is a critical issue to Australian telecommunications users. In March 1998, the ACA fixed the date for the introduction of limited LNP as 1 May 1998. When setting that date the ACA...