Regulation no bar to Telstra infrastructure investment: ACCC.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-25 August 2005-ACCC: Regulation no bar to Telstra infrastructure investment: ACCC(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25082005 Regulation was no bar to investment by Telstra in telecommunications infrastructure, an ACCC Commissioner, Mr Ed Willett, said today.* "...the problem remains that, due to its monopoly over the local access network, Telstra can choose when it will respond to a competitive challenge", Mr Willett said.

"It appears that when competitors indicate plans to rollout certain infrastructure, for example DSLAMS that would provide higher speed broadband services, Telstra makes its own competitive response. "That's all part of the benefits of competition. If access regulation makes it possible for competitors to invest in...