Telecommunications (Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2012 (Cth)

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Telecommunications (Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2012

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 18th May 2012

Chris Chapman
[signed]
Member



Richard Bean


[signed]
Member/General Manager


Australian Communications and Media Authority

  1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Telecommunications (Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2012.

  1. Commencement

This Determination commences on the later of:

(a)    the day after it is registered; and

(b)    the day after the commencement of the Telecommunications (Specification of Costs by ACMA) Determination 2012.

Note 1:             All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See 2:             Both of these events must occur before this Determination commences.

  1. Application

This Determination imposes carrier licence charges on carrier licences that were in force at the beginning of the 2011-2012 financial year.

  1. Definitions

In this Determination:

ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

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

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

eligible revenue period has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

exempt carrier licence means a carrier licence that was:

(a)in force at the beginning of the 2011-2012 financial year; and

(b)held by a carrier that was a USO non-participating person for the eligible revenue period that began on 1 July 2010 and ended on 30 June 2011.

USO non-participating person has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications (Participating Persons) Determination 2011 (No. 1).

  1. Carrier licence charge – exempt carrier licence

The amount of carrier licence charge imposed on an exempt carrier licence is $0.

6              Method of ascertaining carrier licence charge – other carrier licences

(1)This section applies to a carrier licence in force at the beginning of the 2011-2012 financial year that is not an exempt carrier licence.

(2)The amount of carrier licence charge imposed on a carrier licence, in relation to a carrier mentioned in an item in Schedule 1, is ascertained using the formula:

(MCA - OTC) × ER
TER

where:

MCA (maximum charge amount) is $38 228 949 being the total sum of the amounts determined under subsection 15 (1) of the Act.

OTC (other telecommunications charge) is $175 290.

Note   This is the amount of the ACMA’s costs for the 2010–2011 financial year that:

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

(b)   has been recovered from telecommunications charges other than annual carrier licence charges.

(The amount of the ACMA’s costs for the 2010–2011 financial year that is attributable to the ACMA’s telecommunications functions and powers is $21 694 047 — see section 4 of the Telecommunications (Specification of Costs by ACMA) Determination 2012.)

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

Note   This amount is the carrier’s eligible revenue for the 2010–2011 financial year as assessed by the ACMA under subsection 20F (1) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

TER (total eligible revenue) is $28 723 977 798.

Note   This amount is the sum of the eligible revenue for the 2010–2011 financial year for each carrier mentioned in Schedule 1. Carriers who held an exempt carrier licence are not mentioned in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1        Eligible revenue for carrier

(section 6)

Item

Name of carrier

ACN/ARBN

Amount ($)

1 A.C.N. 088 889 230 Pty Ltd 088 889 230 $9,759,099
2 AAPT Limited 052 082 416 $328,491,331
3 AARNet Pty Ltd 084 540 518 $37,238,357
4 Agile Pty Ltd 080 855 321 $75,269,941
5 Amcom Pty Ltd 009 336 341 $58,135,931
6 Blubroadband Pty Ltd 122 495 158 $0
7 Broadband Wireless Pty Ltd 096 428 634 $1,109,959
8 Central Coast Internet Pty Limited 073 222 536 $292,117
9 Chime Communications Pty Ltd 073 119 285 $247,156,483
10 Digital Distribution Australia Pty Ltd 093 095 419 $31,071,011
11 Digital Technologies & Telecommunications Pty Limited 081 278 677 $219,636
12 Fibre Optic Infrastructure Holdings Pty Ltd 112 450 058 $815,850
13 Fortana Networks Australia Pty Ltd 139 492 765 $968,310
14 Freecor International Pty Limited 007 065 527 $0
15 Inmarsat Leasing (Two) Limited Registered in England & Wales $38,323,127
16 Integrity Network Solutions Pty Ltd 092 987 669 $219,636
17 Leading Edge Internet Pty Limited 096 764 617 $361,362
18 Macquarie Telecom Network Carrier Services Pty Limited 093 640 450 $92,503,609
19 NetWave Communications Pty Ltd 118 975 581 $329,456
20 New Skies Satellites Australia Pty Ltd 114 962 248 $32,283,577
21 Nextgen Networks Pty Limited 094 147 403 $108,729,331
22 Nextgen Telecom (WA) Pty Ltd 103 173 440 $204,236
23 Nextgen Telecom Pty Ltd 095 420 616 $6,211,372
24 NURV Telecom Pty Ltd 125 922 689 $815,848
25 On Q Networks Pty Ltd 131 879 975 $271,637
26 Optus Mobile Pty Limited 054 365 696 $4,680,281,339
27 Optus Networks Pty Limited 008 570 330 $1,460,532,540
28 Optus Vision Pty Limited 066 518 821 $0
29 Pipe International (Australia) Pty Ltd 123 898 215 $37,475,536
30 PIPE Networks Pty Limited 099 104 122 $44,220,804
31 PowerTel Limited 001 760 103 $0
32 Primus Telecommunications Pty Limited 071 191 396 $123,916,504
33 Puddlenet Pty Ltd 114 619 975 $50,222
34 RP 25 Pty Ltd 108 218 328 $132,544
35 Select Communications (Australia) Pty Ltd 135 742 219  $0
36 Soul Pattinson Telecommunications Pty Limited 001 726 192 $246,712,513
37 Spartan Information Technology Pty Ltd 127 980 018 $102,692
38 Splash Internet Pty Ltd 140 938 307 $45,367
39 Telstra Corporation Limited 051 775 556 $17,133,209,279
40 Telstra Multimedia Pty Limited 069 279 072 $276,386,363
41 TransACT Capital Communications Pty Ltd 093 966 888 $51,842,579
42 Uecomm Operations Pty Limited 093 504 100 $0
43 Uecomm Pty Limited 079 083 195 $163,876,187
44 Verizon Australia Pty Limited 081 001 194 $66,911,984
45 Vodafone Australia Pty Limited 056 161 043 $970,632,343
46 Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Limited 096 304 620 $2,389,147,037
47 Voice1Direct Pty Ltd 143 730 465 $0
48 Wobygong Pty Ltd 099 880 805 $0
49 XYZed Pty Ltd 092 450 783 $7,720,749
 Total $28,723,977,798
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