ACA: Net Universal Service Cost papers released for public comment.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 February 1999-ACA: Net Universal Service Cost papers released for public comment (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:170299 The ACA today released two papers for public comment. They cover some critical elements of the ACA's assessment of Telstra's $1.8 billion Net Universal Service Cost (NUSC) claim for 1997-98, for meeting its Universal Service Obligation (USO) in providing telephone services across Australia.

ACA Chairman Tony Shaw said, "The papers propose values in key areas, as inputs to the USO model used to calculate the NUSC. Adoption of the suggested values would result in a decrease in the cost proposed by Telstra for forward looking technologies and the weighted average cost of capital (WACC), and would mean a significant...