Notice of the Primary Universal Service Provider for Australia (Cth)

NOTICE OF THE PRIMARY UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROVIDER FOR AUSTRALIA

Notice is given under subsection 12D(2) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 (the Act) that Telstra Corporation Limited (ABN 33 051 775 556) is the primary universal service provider for the whole of Australia in respect of the following service obligations:

(a)

the obligation referred to in paragraph 9(1)(a) of the Act (dealing with the standard telephone services);

(b)

the obligation referred to in paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Act (dealing with payphones);

(c)

the obligation referred to in paragraph 9(1)(c) of the Act (dealing with prescribed carriage services).

Simon Bryant

A/g General Manager

Regional Communications Policy

Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts

(Published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. GN49, 13 December 2000.)