On 22 December 2006, the majority of the provisions of the Telecommunications Amendment Act (no 2) 2006 ('the Act') came into force.
The entirely new subpart 2A of the Act enables the Commission to make, as an alternative to bilateral access determinations, a determination on which a designated access or specified service must be supplied with reference to all access seekers and access providers of the service. Such a determination is referred to as a standard terms determination (STD).
Section 30C of the Act provides that the Commission may, on its own initiative, initiate the standard terms development process for any of the designated or specified services within the Act.
Click on the link below to access documents summarising the processes involved in making and reviewing an STD. Making and Reviewing STDs
STD processes that have been initiated by the Commission include:
Unbundled Copper Local Loop Service
Unbundled Bitstream Service
Sub-loop services of Unbundled Local Loop, Co-location and Backhaul
Unbundled Local Loop Co-location Service
Unbundled Bitstream Backhaul Service
Unbundled Local Loop Backhaul Service
Mobile Co-Location Service
A related issue is the:
Interference Management Plan