Coping with change will require flexibility from both the media and regulators and that change will only continue to accelerate, argues the ACCC chair. But the legacy of that change is that technology and the growing swell of community input is placing the future of the industry in the hands of the public.

The evolution of internet services from niche to mainstream over the last ten years underlines the tremendous rate of change in the industry. Keeping across developments is a key challenge for the ACCC and, no doubt, the industry as whole. Michael Cosgrave of the ACCC's Communications Group describes how the commission is working to ensure...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today published a final determination made in the arbitration of a dispute over access to the Line Sharing Service (LSS). The LSS, declared on 30 August 2002, allows two carriers to provide separate services over a single metallic pair or line. The final determination specifies certain of the terms...

This report compiles revenue, usage and market share numbers from Telstra, Optus, Vodafone, Primus and AAPT for the 2005-06 financial year using information extracted from the Regulatory Accounting Framework.

Industries such as telecommunications, gas, electricity, water, rail and airports have traditionally been either publicly owned or closely regulated by an independent agency. This paper from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Regulatory Conference looks a third option, 'light-handed regulation', which has been tested in New Zealand and Australia since the early 1990s.