Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991 No. 98 of 1991 - SECT 89

89. It is the Parliament's intention:

   (a)  that the general carriers, as the primary providers of Australia's
        public telecommunications infrastructure and networks, should have
        certain reserved rights in relation to the following aspects of that
        infrastructure and those networks:

   (i)  the provision of line links;

   (ii) the use of satellite-based facilities;

   (iii) the provision of public payphones; and

   (b)  that the mobile carriers, as the primary suppliers of public mobile
        telecommunications services, should have certain reserved rights in
        relation to the supply of such services; and

   (c)  that, subject to Part 9, the carriers should be able to use facilities
        under their control to supply telecommunications services in a way
        that enables the carriers to exploit the economies of scale and scope
        available to them because they control those facilities; and

   (d)  that, subject to subparagraph (a) (iii), the supply, installation,
        maintenance and operation of all equipment, lines and other facilities
        that are connected to, but beyond the boundaries of, the carriers'
        telecommunications networks should be open to competition; and

   (e)  that nothing in this Part limits the right of the general carriers to
        supply, or should discourage them from supplying,
        telecommunications services by means of radiocommunication or by any
        other means, whether or not the supply also involves the use of
        line links or satellite-based facilities.