89Declarations

##### 89 Declarations 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.