Chime Communications Pty Ltd has notified the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of an access dispute with Telstra Corporation Limited under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974.
The access dispute relates to future arrangements of supply of the Line Sharing Service from Telstra to Chime beyond 31 December 2007.
The Line Sharing Service involves an access provider providing a voiceband PSTN service to an end-user, whilst providing access to another carrier to simultaneously provide services to the same end-user over the high-frequency portion of the unconditioned local loop.
The ACCC has begun the arbitration process for this access dispute. Given that the legislation contemplates that arbitrations be conducted in private, the ACCC will not be making any public comment at this stage.