Final report1 Apr 2019
The ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ concluded its inquiry into the review of the declaration for the Domestic Transmission Capacity Service (DTCS) and released a final report on the findings of its inquiry. The ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ has decided to extend and vary the declaration for the DTCS for a further five years until 31 March 2024.
Report on the final decision
The ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ has undertaken an assessment of competition on all DTCS routes (including both deregulated and regulated routes) using a revised methodology. As a result of the assessment, the ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ determined that a further 137 metropolitan Exchange Serving Areas (ESAs) and 27 regional ESAs are sufficiently competitive and should be deregulated.
The ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ has decided to allow for a transitional period of 9 months to apply before the changes to the scope of regulation take effect. That is, deregulation of the additional 137 metropolitan ESAs and 27 regional ESAs will take effect from 1 January 2020.
The ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ has also decided to vary the DTCS service description to:
- provide a separate service classification for transmission between mobile base stations and the nearest available point on an access seeker’s network
- provide a separate service classification for transmission services according to commonly acquired speed tiers
- include online ordering and fault monitoring as basic service features of the DTCS, and
- clarify the meaning of the term ‘point of interconnection’.