ACCC 'perplexed' by Telstra decision on fibre-to-the-node investment.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-7 August 2006-ACCC: ACCC 'perplexed' by Telstra decision on fibre-to-the-node investment(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07082006 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is perplexed by today's announcement by Telstra that it has unilaterally decided to discontinue talks with the ACCC over Telstra's proposed fibre-to-the-node network upgrade, ACCC Chairman, Mr Graeme Samuel, said today.

"The ACCC last received documentation from Telstra on a FTTN access service and its pricing for this new service in late June, and was awaiting details on a transition plan for access seekers from current unconditioned local loop arrangements", he said. "Given that Telstra only recently said that the discussions between it and the ACCC were...