ACCC proposes reducing regulation of DDAS and ISDN services.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-18 April 2005-ACCC: ACCC proposes reducing regulation of DDAS and ISDN services(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18042005 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today issued its draft decision proposing the removal of regulation of certain aspects of the existing Digital Data Access (DDAS) and ISDN service declarations.

The draft decision is for DDAS and ISDN services in CBD and metropolitan areas of capital cities be removed from declaration by 30 June 2006 or 12 months from the current expiry date for these services. This will provide a sufficient period for existing access seekers to migrate to alternative services in capital cities. In relation to regional areas, however, the lack of competition for the provision of...