Michelle Lim, chair of Commpete, outlined key policy priorities for promoting real competition in communications at the CommsDay Conference in Melbourne on March 16th, 2022. The priorities included increasing mobile competition through measures like neutral hosting, reforming the numbering system to promote innovation, ensuring the NBN is properly regulated as a monopoly, and implementing the consumer data right in a way that considers differences between large and small providers. Public funding and subsidies should be used to develop open and neutral networks for the public interest. The future ownership and regulatory options for the NBN should also be considered.

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Policy Priorities for
Real Competition
Michelle Lim,
Commpete Chair
CommsDay Conference Melbourne
16th March 2022

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Key priorities
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Mobile
Competition
Neutral
Hosting
Consumer
Data Right
Numbering
Reform
Future of
nbnTM

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Mobile Competition
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Mobile – Neutral Host
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The Future of nbnTM
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Consumer Data Right
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Numbering Reform
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Key takeout’s
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1. Public funding
must promote public
interests
2. Public subsidies
should prioritise
neutral open
networks
3. Wholesale mobile
competition needs
regulatory attention.
4. NBN is a
monopoly and needs
to be regulated
accordingly.
5. Future ownership
options and risks for
NBN should be
considered now.
6. Numbering reform
is overdue and
would promote
innovation
CDR implementation must recognise differences between big and small
providers.

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