Economics Internet Resources: Telecommunications

Economics Internet Resources

Telecommunications

NOTE: This resources guide is complemented by a related telecommunications resources guide maintained by the Science, Technology and Environment & Resources Section. It has a science and technology orientation. A Communications resources guide is also maintained the Social Policy Section.

Australian Government agencies

Regulatory agencies

Overseas regulators

Industry associations, consumer and user groups

Key documentation - Parliamentary and Government sources

Parliamentary reports

Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee, Inquiry into the performance of the Australian telecommunications regulatory regime, August 2005
Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee, Competition in Broadband Services, August 2004
Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee, The Australian Telecommunications Network, August 2004
Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee, Provisions of the Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) Bill 2003, October 2003
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Connecting Australia!: Wireless Broadband,� November 2002
Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee, Provisions of the Telecommunications Competition Bill 2002, November 2002
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services, Time Running Out: Shaping Regional Australia's Future, March 2000 Government Response, May 2001
Senate Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts References Committee, Telstra: To sell or Not to Sell, September 1996
Government� commissioned reports
Australia's Broadband Connectivity: The Broadband Advisory Group's report to the Government, January 2003
Connecting Regional Australia: The report of the Regional Telecommunications Inquiry (Estens Inquiry), August 2002
Connecting Australia: Report of the telecommunications Service Inquiry (Besley report), September 2000
Key speeches and media releases
Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Address to the Australian Telecommunications Users Group Conference, March 2005

Australian Communications Authority reports

Investigation into Telstra's performance under the Customer Service Guarantee and the universal service obligation, December 1999
Review of Telstra's Universal Service Plan, March 1999
Review of the Telecommunications Customer Service Guarantee (CSG), October 1998
Digital Data Inquiry under subsection 486(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997,August 1998

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reports

ACCC telecommunications reports
Competition in the corporation customer segment of telecommunications markets, June 2004
ACCC Pricing Principles Paper, January 2002
Telecommunication infrastructures in Australia 2001 � a BIS Shrapnel report prepared for the ACCC, July 2001
Telecommunication charges in Australia, April 2000
Anti-competitive conduct in telecommunications markets, August 1999
Access pricing principles: telecommunications guide, July 1997

Australian National Audit reports

The administration of telecommunications grants, November 2003
Second Tranche Sale of Telstra Shares, November 2000
Sale of One-third of Telstra, October 1998

Productivity Commission reports

Radiocommunications (Inquiry Report No 22), December 2002
Trends in Australian Infrastructure Prices 1990-91 to 2000-01, May 2002
Telecommunications Competition Regulation Report, December 2001
Global Gains from Liberalising Trade in Telecommunications and Financial Services, October 2001
Price Effects of Regulation: International Air Passenger Transport, Telecommunications and Electricity Supply, October 2001
International Benchmarking of Remote, Rural and Urban Telecommunications Services, July 2001
Population Distribution and Telecommunication Costs, August 2000
International Benchmarking of Telecommunications Prices and Price Changes, December 1999
International telecommunications market regulation, November 1999
International Telecommunications: Reform in Australia, June 1997

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development reports

Access Pricing in telecommunications, January 2004
The economic impact of ICT: measurement, evidence and implications, January 2004

Telecommunications research sites

Telstra

Telstra home page
Investor Relations
News
Annual Reports
Telstra Response to the Regional Telecommunications Inquiry (Estens Inquiry), September 2003

Other Key Operators

Parliamentary Library publications

Regional telecommunications: An overview, Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Group, 14 June 2005
Foreign ownership in the telecommunications sector, Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Group, 7 March 2005
Enhancing Competition in Telecommunications: Accounting Separation of Telstra's Operations, Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Group, 1 March 2004
Telstra Sale, Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Group, 15 September 2003
Household broadband access in Australia Social Policy Group, 15 April 2002
A digital divide in rural and regional Australia? Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Group, 7 August 2001
Digital TV - Lost in Space, Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Group, 23 June 1998

Miscellaneous sources