Proposal for common Australia/NZ telecoms market, regulator on the cards

According to Australasian telecoms trade journal CommsDay, proposals to create a single economic telecoms market between Australia and New Zealand will be considered as part of a number of reforms by the productivity commissions of both countries, with Australian telecoms giant Telstra urging the commissioners to consider a common trans-Tasman telecom regulatory regime. The development was confirmed by Australian Productivity Commission chairman Gary Banks, in his keynote speech to a Committee for Economic Development of Australia lunch in Canberra; the proposal will be considered as part of a discussion draft planned for release in mid-September.*In March this year the Productivity Commissions of both nations were tasked with conducting a ‘joint scoping study’ to identify reforms that would further enhance economic integration and improve economic outcomes

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