John Stanton, CEO Communications Alliance

COMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE

Reducing Regulatory Costs & What This Means for Radiocommunications Reform

Sydney, 11 September 2014

“Telecommunications be regulated in a manner that promotes the greatest practicable use of industry self-regulation and does not impose undue financial and administrative burdens on participants in the Australian telecommunications industry”

Caught in the Act

• Repeal Days 1 and 2

• Government & ACMA Responsive:

• Customer Information Provision project with ACMA

• Code Streamlining

• Seven initiatives for RP2

• Up to $12m p.a. savings per initiative

• Radcomms Reform – an opportunity to ‘Star’!

Red-Tape – A Billion Reasons to Try

The Digital Dividend Auction required:

• engagement over an eight year period with four Ministers and their departments and two regulators;

• preparation of nearly 50 submissions on draft policy proposals and auction rules, attendance at 5 briefing sessions and participation at regular industry meetings;

• Engagement of many different expert consultants by industry to support advocacy positions or to comprehend the complexity of proposed auction rules.

Deregulation/Red-Tape Reduction

• How to Execute?

• Industry/ACMA mostly share objectives & reform principles

• Customer Service Philosophy for spectrum/band managers

Radcomms Reform

• “Reconnecting the (Spectrum) Customer”• Allocation, Assignment, Pricing, Licensing• Document-centric processes• International Competitiveness (e.g. Ka-band pricing)• Need more than is in the Spectrum Outlook• Ministerial Proposals Cautiously Welcomed

Radcomms Reform