[LINK] NBN Co has to rewrite its own rules to be publishable

[Kim Holburn]

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nbn-co-has-to-rewrite-its-own-rules-to-be-publishable-578786

>  SAU variation sent back due to redactions.
>
> NBN Co is having to rewrite parts of a document that outlines planned changes to the rules that govern its existence through to 
> 2040 because too much of it was claimed commercially sensitive and unpublishable.
>
> The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which is running the review, said today that it is obligated to publish 
> the document in full - unredacted - for consultation.
>
> While it received the document on March 29, it could not reach an easy agreement with NBN Co on unredacting or removing sensitive 
> portions, meaning it has to be sent back to NBN Co for rework.
>
> “NBN Co submitted a version of the proposed variation for publication in which information it considers to be commercially 
> sensitive was redacted,” the ACCC said.
>
> “However, it is essential for there to be a fully transparent and effective public consultation process, and this requires release 
> of the proposed variation in full.”
>
> The ACCC said it intended to publish the document in full by “no later than May 23”.
>
> The review of the rules - which form the special access undertaking or SAU - are anticipated to result in considerable changes to 
> NBN Co’s operations.
>
> The ACCC declared last month that the SAU is no longer effective and that loopholes had allowed the rules to effectively be sidelined.
>
> The delay is unlikely to impress large portions of the industry, which have grown increasingly frustrated at the slow pace of the 
> process, which does not have a defined deadline.
>
> Much of the industry is banking on the process to reduce the wholesale price of NBN services, introduce a simpler flat-price 
> structure for higher-speed services, and remove variable bandwidth charges that lead to overage costs and eat into margin.


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