**Table.5. Mapping** **_: Fixed-line Services_**

|**Australian categories**|**Weight**|**Score**|**Weighted**<br>**score**|**The World Bank data**|**Weight**|**Score**|**Weighted**<br>**score**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Restrictions on Commercial Presenc**|**e**|||**Restrictions on Commercial Presence**||||
|**Licensing of fixed line services**|**0.2**|||**Licensing of fixed line services**|**0.2**|||
|**(a) Regional Line Service**<br>||||||||
|No new license is allowed.|0.2/3|1||Market entry is not allowed (mode 3)|0.2|1||
|Licenses are issued through<br>complicated (discriminately) and<br>costly procedure.|0.2/3|0.75||Market entry is allowed but three of the following restrictions apply : (a) There is a limit on the<br>number of licences available, (b) Licence is allocated at the discretion of regulatory body(c) licence is<br>not always granted if publicly available criteria fulfilled.|0.2|0.75||
|Licenses are generally issued with<br>application fee and several<br>requirements.|0.2/3|0.2||Market entry is allowed but two of the following restrictionsapply : (a) There is a limit on the number<br>of licences available, (b) Licence is allocated at the discretion of regulatory body(c) licence is not<br>always granted if publicly available criteria fulfilled.|0.2|0.2||
|Licenses are generally issued with<br>application fee.|0.2/3|0.1||Market entry is allowed but one of the following restrictionsapply : (a) There is a limit on the number<br>of licences available, (b) Licence is allocated at the discretion of regulatory body(c) licence is not<br>always granted if publicly available criteria fulfilled.|0.2|0.1||
|Licenses are automatically issued<br>upon application without any cost.<br>**(b) Domestic Long Distance Line Ser**|0.2/3<br>**vice**|0||Market entry is allowed but none of the following restrictions apply: (a) There is a limit on the number<br>of licences available, (b) Licence is allocated at the discretion of regulatory body(c) licence is not<br>always granted if publicly available criteria fulfilled.|0.2|0||
|No new license is allowed.|0.2/3|1||Market entry is not allowed (mode 3)|0.2|1||
|Licenses are issued through<br>complicated (discriminately) and<br>costly procedure.|0.2/3|0.75||Market entry is allowed but three of the following restrictions apply : (a) There is a limit on the<br>number of licences available, (b) Licence is allocated at the discretion of regulatory body(c) licence is<br>not always granted if publicly available criteria fulfilled.|0.2|0.75||
|Licenses are generally issued with<br>application fee and several<br>requirements.|0.2/3|0.2||Market entry is allowed but two of the following restrictions apply : (a) There is a limit on the number<br>of licences available, (b) Licence is allocated at the discretion of regulatory body(c) licence is not<br>always granted if publicly available criteria fulfilled.|0.2|0.2||
|Licenses are generally issued with<br>application fee.|0.2/3|0.1||Market entry is allowed but one of the following restrictions apply : (a) There is a limit on the number<br>of licences available, (b) Licence is allocated at the discretion of regulatory body(c) licence is not<br>always granted if publicly available criteria fulfilled.|0.2|0.1||
|Licenses are automatically issued<br>upon application without any cost.|0.2/3|0||Market entry is allowed but none of the following restrictions apply : (a) There is a limit on the<br>number of licences available, (b) Licence is allocated at the discretion of regulatory body(c) licence is<br>not always granted if publicly available criteria fulfilled.|0.2|0||
|**(c) International Line Service**||||||||
|No new license is allowed.|0.2/3|1||Market entry is not allowed (mode 3)|0.2|1||
|Licenses are issued through<br>complicated (discriminately) and<br>costly procedure.|0.2/3|0.75||Market entry is allowed but three of the following restrictions apply: (a) There is a limit on the number<br>of licences available, (b) Licence is allocated at the discretion of regulatory body(c) licence is not<br>always granted if publicly available criteria fulfilled.|0.2|0.75||
|Licenses are generally issued with<br>application fee and several<br>requirements.|0.2/3|0.2||Market entry is allowed but two of the following restrictions apply : (a) There is a limit on the number<br>of licences available, (b) Licence is allocated at the discretion of regulatory body(c) licence is not<br>always granted if publicly available criteria fulfilled.|0.2|0.2||
|Licenses are generally issued with<br>application fee.|0.2/3|0.1||Market entry is allowed but one of the following restriction apply : (a) There is a limit on the number<br>of licences available, (b) Licence is allocated at the discretion of regulatory body(c) licence is not<br>always granted if publicly available criteria fulfilled.|0.2|0.1||
|Licenses are automatically issued<br>upon application without any cost.|0.2/3|0||Market entry is allowed but none of the following restrictions apply : (a) There is a limit on the<br>number of licences available, (b) Licence is allocated at the discretion of regulatory body(c) licence is<br>not always granted if publicly available criteria fulfilled.|0.2|0||
|**Form of commercial presence**|**0.1**|||**Form of commercial presence**|**0.1**|||
|**(a) Regional Line Service**<br>||||One of the following form of establishment is restricted : (a) Green field branch (b) Joint venture ( c)||||
|Measures which restrict or require a<br>specific type of establishments.|0.1/3|1||, ,<br>Greenfield Subsidiary, (d) Acquisition|0.1|1||
|No restriction on establishment.|0.1/3|0||None of the following form of establishment is restricted : (a) Green field branch , (b) Joint venture ,( c)<br>Greenfield Subsidiary, (d) Acquisition|0.1|0||
|**(b) Domestic Long Distance Line Se**|**rvice**|||||||
|Measures which restrict or require a<br>specific type of establishments.|0.1/3|1||One of the following form of establishment is restricted : (a) Green field branch , (b) Joint venture ,( c)<br>Greenfield Subsidiary, (d) Acquisition|0.1|1||
|<br>No restriction on establishment.|0.1/3|0||None of the following form of establishment is restricted : (a) Green field branch , (b) Joint venture ,( c)<br>Greenfield Subsidiary, (d) Acquisition|0.1|0||
|**(c) International Line Service**||||||||
|Measures which restrict or require a<br>specific type of establishments|0.1/3|1||One of the following form of establishment is restricted : (a) Green field branch , (b) Joint venture ,( c)<br>Greenfield Subsidiary, (d) Acquisition|0.1|1||
|.<br>No restriction on establishment.|0.1/3|0||None of the following form of establishment is restricted : (a) Green field branch , (b) Joint venture ,( c)<br>Greenfield Subsidiary, (d) Acquisition|0.1|0||

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