ACCC: ACCC rejects Telstra's interconnect proposal - concludes prices should be halved.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 January 1999-ACCC: ACCC rejects Telstra's interconnect proposal - concludes prices should be halved (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:190199 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has made a draft determination rejecting Telstra's proposed charges to other carriers for interconnecting to its network.

"The ACCC concluded that for the proposed charges to be acceptable, they would need to be halved," ACCC Chairman, Professor Allan Fels, said today. Interconnection allows carriers to provide international and national long-distance calls (a $5 billion market) by gaining access to customers connected to Telstra's network. Without interconnection consumers would be unable to choose their long-distance carrier. Charges for...