Along with the ACMA, the ACCC has commenced significant work in relation to the establishment of regulatory arrangements for the NBN. As mentioned in section 2.1 of the CRIS, this work will include competition analysis and monitoring, including regularly monitoring the level of transmission services provided by other wholesale providers to NBN Co points of interconnect, and setting appropriate benchmarks for transmission services to facilitate retail service providers’ access to uniform national wholesale prices. The ACCC’s other activities funded through the ACLC relate to: complaints investigations relating to anti-competitive behaviour in the communications sector compliance monitoring activities, which include Telstra’s compliance with its Operational Separation Plan regulated transmission, fixed line and mobile services. Further information about the ACCC’s activities can be found at . The ACCC’s direct are the costs directly incurred by the line areas involved with carrying out the activities. These costs include staff salaries and other expenses in relation to the line areas in carrying out telecommunications activities. Direct costs are derived from the following areas: communications convergence and mobility access operations and pricing NBN engagement and group coordination industry structure and compliance. The ACCC’s support are the costs incurred by the ACCC’s corporate divisions including Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Property, IT, Regulatory Affairs Divisions and Legal Group. These costs include staff salaries and other expenses in relation to the ACCC’s corporate activities. Support costs are allocated based on specific cost drivers as shown in Table 5 below: Table Allocation of the ACCC’s support costs This methodology reflects the appropriate consumption of resources by areas involved in relevant telecommunications activities.
Attachment A ACLC for 2013–14 No. Carrier licence in force at 1 July 2013 ACLC amount 1 A.C.N. 088 889 230 Pty Ltd $15,797 2 AAPT Limited $279,580 3 AARNet Pty Ltd $54,416 4 Adam Internet Pty Ltd $45,822 5 Agile Pty Ltd $153,486 6 Amcom Pty Ltd $101,591 7 Chime Communications Pty Ltd $233,279 8 Datafast Telecommunications Pty Ltd $38,864 9 Digital Distribution Australia Pty Limited $44,397 10 Ipstar Australia Pty Ltd $46,125 11 Macquarie Telecom Pty Limited $121,018 12 New Skies Satellites Australia Pty Ltd $45,136 13 Nextgen Networks Pty Limited $216,605 14 Nextgen Telecom Pty Ltd $1,020 Nextgen Telecom (WA) Pty Ltd $23 16 Optus Mobile Pty Limited $5,671,799 17 Optus Networks Pty Limited $2,437,548 18 Pipe International (Australia) Pty Ltd $24,013 19 PIPE Networks Pty Limited $114,562 20 Primus Telecommunications Pty Limited $274,416 21 Soul Pattinson Telecommunications Pty Limited $405,352 22 Telstra Corporation Limited $24,054,710 23 Telstra Multimedia Pty Limited $454,230 24 TransACT Capital Communications Pty Ltd $66,655 25 Uecomm Pty Limited $186,232 26 Unwired Australia Pty Limited $3,493 27 Verizon Australia Pty Limited $61,304 28 Victorian Rail Track $42,266 29 Vividwireless Pty Ltd $32,507 30 Vodafone Australia Pty Limited $2,542,843 31 Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Limited $527,879 32 XYZed Pty Ltd $6,061 Total $38,303,029