Telecommunications (Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2009 (Cth)

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Telecommunications (Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2009

Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Determination under subsection 14(1) of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997.

Dated 15 May 2009  

     Chris Chapman

Member

          Chris Cheah

    Member

Australian Communications and Media Authority

  1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Telecommunications (Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2009.

  1. Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

  1. Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997.

carrier licence charge means charge within the meaning of Part 3 of the Act.

  1. Method of ascertaining carrier licence charge

The amount of carrier licence charge imposed on a carrier licence in force at the beginning of the financial year that began on 1 July 2008, in relation to a carrier mentioned in an item in Schedule 1, is ascertained using the formula:

where:

MFC (minimum fixed charge) is $290.

MCA (maximum charge amount) is $36,440,655 being the total sum of the amounts determined under subsection 15(1) of the Act.

OTC (other telecommunications charge) is $232,695.

.Note   The other telecommunications charge is the proportion of ACMA’s costs for the 2007–2008 financial year that:

(a)   is attributable to ACMA’s telecommunications functions and powers; and

(b)   will be recovered from telecommunications charges other than carrier licence charges.

The proportion of ACMA’s costs for the 2007–2008 financial year that is attributable to ACMA’s telecommunications functions and powers is $23,053,329— see the Telecommunications (Costs Attributable to Telecommunications Functions and Powers) Determination 2009.

TNC (total number of carriers) is 172.

Note   The total number of carriers is the total number of carriers mentioned in Schedule 1.

ER (eligible revenue), for the carrier, is the amount mentioned in the item in Schedule 1.

Note   Eligible revenue, for a carrier, is the carrier’s eligible revenue for the 2007–2008 financial year as assessed by ACMA under subsection 20F (1) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

TER (total eligible revenue) is $26,815,174,537.

Note   Total eligible revenue is the sum of the eligible revenue for the 2007–2008 financial year for each carrier mentioned in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1        Eligible revenue for carrier

(section 4)

Item Name of carrier ACN Amount ($)
1 154 Collins Street Pty Limited  103 233 567 $173,852
2 A.C.N. 088 889 230 Pty Ltd 088 889 230 $5,975,217
3 AAPT Limited  052 082 416 $414,776,219
4 AARNet Pty Ltd  084 540 518 $29,068,156
5 Access Wireless & Cable Pty Limited                   094 923 761 $78,272
6 Ace Internet Services Pty Ltd 071 944 959 $392,168
7 ACMnet Pty.Ltd. 113 645 257 $0
8 aCure Technology Pty Ltd 103 327 340 $537,940
9 Adam Internet Pty Ltd 055 495 853 $11,226,918
10 Advatel Wireless Pty Ltd 107 934 305 $55,947
11 AeroMobile AS $0
12 Agile Pty Ltd 080 855 321 $52,882,581
13 Ai Tel Pty Ltd 116 247 002 $70,080
14 Allegro Networks Pty Ltd 101 425 094 $1,699,695
15 Alpha Dot Net Australia Pty Limited 074 289 151 $348,993
16 Amcom Pty Ltd 009 336 341 $30,800,346
17 Auroracom Pty Ltd 117 987 925 $1,988,548
18 Australasia IT Pty Ltd 104 995 968 $0
19 Australia-Japan Cable (Australia) Limited 093 425 462 $8,988,723
20 Australian Private Networks Pty Ltd 103 009 552 $7,253,793
21 Basslink Telecoms Pty Ltd 129 550 563 $0
22 BigAir Group Limited 098 572 626 $2,882,698
23 Blitzwave Pty Ltd 112 152 324 $500
24 Blubroadband Pty Limited 122 495 158 $0
25 Bluemaxx Communications Pty Ltd 114 528 273 $1,627,348
26 Boeing Defence Australia Ltd 006 678 119 $0
27 Broadband Anywhere Pty Ltd 113 946 213 $355,366
28 Broadband Express Pty Ltd 010 514 164 $0
29 Broadband Wireless Pty Ltd 096 428 634 $512,348
30 Broadbandnet Pty Ltd 105 565 222 $1,940,183
31 Broadcast Engineering Services (Australia) Pty Ltd 066 971 533 $1,800,745
32 Business Services & Resources Pty Limited 073 226 114 $0
33 Central Coast Internet Pty. Limited 073 222 536 $239,654
34 Chime Communications Pty Ltd 073 119 285 $118,842,187
35 Christmas Island Internet Administration Limited 091 843 417 $360,338
36 Cirrus Communications Pty Limited 109 931 731 $1,645,410
37 Clear Networks Pty Ltd 111 273 566 $3,772,966
38 Clever Communications Operations Pty. Limited 095 422 441 $8,501,819
39 ClubLINKS Telco Pty Ltd 118 286 801 $474,184
40 Country Energy $1,327,979
41 Datafast Telecommunications Pty Ltd 086 295 963 $12,316,041
42 DCS Internet Pty Ltd 115 008 154 $2,310,686
43 Digital Distribution Australia Pty Limited 093 095 419 $23,939,366
44 Digital River Networks Pty. Ltd. 098 597 329 $614,859
45 Digital Signal Solutions Pty Ltd 121 228 582 $50,303
46 Digital Technologies & Telecommunications Pty Limited 081 278 677 $178,262
47 Dragnet Internet Services Pty Ltd 073 567 781 $2,379,612
48 Eastern Wireless Pty. Ltd. 106 669 587 $59,319
49 Ecopost Pty Limited 073 752 137 $151,850
50 Elms Communications Pty Ltd 122 078 255 $6,022
51 Emerge Technologies Pty Ltd 087 855 221 $543,495
52 Endeavour Clever Networks Pty Ltd 123 875 472 $0
53 Ergon Energy Telecommunications Pty Ltd 106 459 465 $5,445,178
54 ETSA Utilities $12,155,883
55 ETT Limited 091 320 464 $271,404
56 Exetel Pty Ltd 097 986 546 $975,075
57 Export Mission Information Systems Pty Ltd 065 699 372 $7,102
58 Fiber Vision Networks Pty. Ltd. 122 300 369 $0
59 Fibre Optic Infrastructure Holdings Pty Ltd 112 450 058 $0
60 Fibrelite Networks Pty. Ltd. 117 126 306 $0
61 Fish Telecom Pty Ltd 092 285 713 $405,501
62 Flexinet Pty Ltd 112 877 488 $389,296
63 Freecor International Pty. Limited 007 065 527 $31,233
64 GE International Holdings Inc $0
65 Geo Media Broadband Pty Ltd 118 705 927 $89,571
66 Golden IT Pty. Ltd. 099 165 143 $442,589
67 Hutchison 3G Australia Pty Limited 096 304 620 $753,358,066
68 I.Q. Networks Pty Limited 104 297 912 $0
69 I.T. System Management Pty. Ltd. 082 192 532 $83,368
70 Index Consultancy - Australia Pty. Ltd. 085 860 966 $552,974
71 Inmarsat Leasing (Two) Limited
England and Wales registered company
$16,407,493
72 Integrated Data Labs Pty Ltd 076 582 280 $1,595,440
73 Integrity Network Solutions Pty. Ltd. 092 987 669 $1,043,326
74 Intelsat Asia Carrier Services Inc $9,919,671
75 Ipera Communications Pty Limited 090 964 104 $709,452
76 iPSTAR Australia Pty Ltd 107 338 901 $4,803,094
77 iWireless Pty Ltd 104 269 301 $0
78 Jemena Asset Management (2) Pty Ltd 073 613 733 $0
79 Kallistrate Pty. Ltd. 110 945 009 $177,307
80 Leading Edge Internet Pty Limited 096 764 617 $7,417,231
81 Light Technologies Pty Ltd 081 071 712 $0
82 Link Innovations Pty Limited 071 699 637 $826,294
83 Linknet Communications NSW Pty Limited 105 220 399 $510,796
84 Mackay Computer Services Pty Ltd 065 626 824 $626,738
85 Macquarie Telecom Network Carrier Services Pty Limited 093 640 450 $85,119,072
86 McPherson Media Pty. Ltd. 004 522 785 $2,284,357
87 Megalink Australia Pty Ltd 084 000 671 $223,242
88 Metrioo Pty Ltd 121 536 963 $11,229
89 Michael Parnell Pty. Limited 063 981 359 $270,445
90 Netwave Communications Pty Ltd 118 975 581 $27,352
91 New Skies Satellites Australia Pty Ltd 114 962 248 $20,618,145
92 NewSat Networks Pty Ltd  078 204 994 $3,512,296
93 Nextgen Networks Pty Limited 094 147 403 $16,947,789
94 No Wires Communication Pty Ltd 117 179 727 $0
95 Nomad Networks Pty Ltd 116 539 014 $0
96 Northern Technology Holdings Pty Ltd 104 365 675 $173,325
97 Nowires Pty Limited 103 320 583 $67,792
98 Nuskope Pty. Ltd. 125 849 149 $42,160
99 Ocean Broadband Ltd 110 380 820 $349,546
100 Ochre Services Pty Ltd 127 829 690 $0
101 Office des Postes et Telecommunications $22,531,823
102 OMNIconnect Pty Ltd 079 282 376 $793,119
103 OPENetworks Pty Ltd 118 525 821 $0
104 Optic Fibre & Wireless Pty Ltd 106 019 050 $16,949
105 Opticomm Co Pty Ltd 117 414 776 $0
106 Optus Mobile Pty Limited 054 365 696 $3,250,645,323
107 Optus Networks Pty Limited 008 570 330 $1,971,303,621
108 Optus Vision Pty Limited 066 518 821 $3,176,725
109 Orion Satellite Systems Pty Limited 103 918 832 $1,707,559
110 Ossini Pty Ltd 100 584 656 $4,738
111 Oziplex Pty Ltd 095 421 819 $1,000
112 Pacific Wireless Australia Pty. Ltd. 090 841 446 $2,354,603
113 Personal Broadband Australia Pty Limited 095 822 905 $65,916,787
114 Pipe International (Australia) Pty Ltd 123 898 215 $148,866
115 PIPE Networks Limited 099 104 122 $20,855,261
116 Pivit Pty Ltd 109 578 752 $1,234,647
117 Pivotel Group Pty Limited 102 274 322 $9,017,859
118 Port of Brisbane Corporation $360,351
119 PowerTel Limited 001 760 103 $107,979,292
120 Primus Telecommunications Pty Limited 071 191 396 $152,845,872
121 Project Eclectic R & D (SA) Pty Ltd 089 968 918 $59,010
122 Puddlenet Pty Ltd  114 619 975 $1,641
123 Quantum Multimedia Communications Pty Ltd 094 221 379 $3,532,433
124 Quint-Essential IT Solutions Pty. Limited 094 707 598 $0
125 Radcomp Pty Ltd 117 279 348 $79,658
126 Reach Networks Australia Pty Limited 095 187 723 $1,476,840
127 Regional Internet Australia Pty Ltd 111 514 599 $0
128 Regional Wireless Pty Ltd 106 935 531 $0
129 RP 25 Pty Ltd 108 218 328 $0
130 Satellite and Wireless Pty Ltd 103 881 303 $745,574
131 SCCL Australia Limited 084 509 366 $31,324,221
132 Silk Telecom (WA) Pty Ltd 103 173 440 $2,915,115
133 Silk Telecom Pty Ltd 095 420 616 $19,750,102
134 Silver Telecom Pty Ltd 110 105 667 $903,725
135 SkyMesh Pty Ltd 113 609 439 $633,671
136 Snooper Systems Pty Ltd 103 690 526 $337,245
137 SnowSports Interactive Pty Ltd 114 355 001 $13,848
138 Soul Pattinson Telecommunications Pty Limited  001 726 192 $186,338,000
139 Southern Cross Telecommunications Pty Ltd 089 636 724 $5,584,575
140 Spencer Gulf Telecasters Pty Limited 007 658 782 $158,299
141 Tas Communications Pty Ltd 101 787 508 $292,036
142 Tasmanet Pty. Ltd. 111 240 978 $221,674
143 Techsus Pty Ltd 108 979 031 $137,992
144 Telstra Corporation Limited  051 775 556 $16,919,706,348
145 Telstra Multimedia Pty Limited 069 279 072 $305,226,672
146 Tower Computer Aid Pty. Ltd. 094 621 815 $169,604
147 TransACT Capital Communications Pty Ltd 093 966 888 $49,896,867
148 Uecomm Operations Pty Limited 093 504 100 $116,514,376
149 Uecomm Pty Limited 079 083 195 $0
150 Unique Technology Solutions Pty Ltd 112 872 929 $641,786
151 Unwired Australia Pty Limited 094 107 589 $32,435,468
152 Verizon Australia Pty Limited 081 001 194 $111,574,681
153 Vernet Pty Ltd 112 005 302 $0
154 Vertical Telecoms Pty Limited 086 050 946 $3,678,302
155 Victorian Rail Track $14,367,915
156 Vodafone Australia Limited 056 161 043 $1,649,684,488
157 Wackado Communications Pty Ltd 113 555 267 $26,475
158 Western Advance Pty Ltd 008 879 767 $0
159 Western Australian Internet Association (Inc.) $137,517
160 Westvic Broadband Pty. Ltd. 106 835 947 $2,638,437
161 Wideband Networks Pty Ltd 097 649 851 $1,747,296
162 Widelinx Pty. Ltd.  113 136 824 $16,148
163 Wimax Networks Pty. Ltd. 121 403 898 $0
164 Wimax Telecom Pty. Ltd. 118 546 535 $0
165 Windytide Pty. Ltd. 068 943 546 $32,704,873
166 Wirefree Networks Pty. Ltd. 111 818 896 $454,222
167 Wireless Telecommunications Pty Ltd 118 390 560 $0
168 Wizz Pty Limited 108 881 885 $1,007,868
169 Wobygong Pty Ltd 099 880 805 $44,306
170 World Without Wires Pty Ltd 108 833 781 $167,012
171 XYZed Pty Ltd 092 450 783 $5,611,702
172 YLESS4U Pty Ltd 110 836 425 $280,300

Note

1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See

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