Pricing Principles Determination

TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974

Section 152AQA

Pricing Principles for the Domestic Mobile Terminating Access Service

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (the Commission) determines, pursuant to section 152AQA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (the Act), that the pricing principles specified in Schedule 1 and indicative prices specified in Schedule 2 are to apply to the Mobile Terminating Access Service (MTAS) declared by the Commission under section 152AL of the Act.

This Determination commences on the day it is made.

This Determination replaces any earlier Pricing Principles determinations for the Domestic Mobile Terminating Access Service.

Note: for the effect of this determination, see subsection 152AQA(6) of the Act. The Commission may have regard to earlier Pricing Principles determinations under subsection 152CR(2).

Made by the Australian Competition

and Consumer Commission on

18 March 2009

Graeme Samuel

Chairman

Schedule 1 — PRICING PRINCIPLES

The ACCC’s pricing principles for the MTAS are:

• cost–based pricing principles should be adopted in determining indicative prices for the MTAS
• a total service long run incremental cost framework (TSLRIC+) is an appropriate pricing methodology in informing the ACCC of the efficient cost of supplying the MTAS.

Schedule 2 — INDICATIVE PRICES

The indicative price for MTAS for the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 is:

Note: The application of this indicative price beyond 30 June 2009 is subject to the MTAS being declared beyond that date.