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ACCAN'S SUBMISSIONS

ACCAN’s Executive Summary of Response to NBN Co’s Consultation Paper 2

8 May 2025

The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) is pleased to provide this submission on NBN Co Ltd’s (NBN Co) 2025 Replacement Module Application (RMA) Consultation Paper 2 (the Paper) as part of NBN Co’s compliance under the economic regulation regime established by the August 2023 Variation of the Special Access Undertaking (SAU).

SMS Sender ID Register

1 May 2025

ACCAN has made a submission to the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) consultation in relation to the design, implementation and operation of an SMS Sender ID registry. A sender ID is an alphanumeric message header that appears at the top of SMS/MMS messages. It tells you who the message is from.

ACMA Compliance priorities 2025–26

11 April 2025

ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) on their 2025-26 compliance priorities. The ACMA provides an essential regulatory function, and its compliance priorities have material consequences for Australian consumers.

Public inquiry to vary the final access determination for the superfast broadband access service

10 April 2025

ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)’s consultation on the ‘Public inquiry to vary the final access determination for the superfast broadband access service’.

Supporting telco customers experiencing domestic, family and sexual violence

4 April 2025

ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)'s consultation on the Telecommunications (Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Consumer Protections) Industry Standard 2025 (the DFSV Standard).

Proposed amendments to the Telecommunications (Consumer Complaints Handling) Industry Standard 2018

14 March 2025

ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)'s consultation on new rules on telco complaints handling. The ACMA has amended the Telecommunications (Consumer Complaints Handling) Industry Standard 2018 after the Optus outage of November 2023 exposed issues with the complaints handling processes of telecommunications providers.

Proposed amendments to the Telecommunications (Customer Communications for Outages) Industry Standard 2024

10 March 2025

ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)’s proposal to amend the Telecommunications (Customer Communications for Outages) Industry Standard 2024.

Proposed amendments to the Telecommunications (Emergency Call Service) Determination 2019

10 March 2025

ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)’s proposal to amend the Telecommunications (Emergency Call Service) Determination 2019.

TCP Code Review 2024

28 February 2025

ACCAN recently submitted to Communications Alliance’s consultation on the Telecommunications Consumer Protection (TCP) Code Review 2024. ACCAN has engaged with the TCP Code review since our first submission to this consultation in June 2023.

Proposed Changes to the Numbering Plan

26 February 2025

ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) proposed changes to the Numbering Plan.

A New Digital Competition Regime

26 February 2025

ACCAN recently submitted to the Treasury’s consultation on a proposed new digital competition regime.

Discussion Paper: 2025 auDA Terms of Endorsement Review

17 February 2025

ACCAN recently submitted to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications and the Arts on the Discussion Paper: 2025 auDA Terms of Endorsement Review.

ACCAN’s Submission to NBN Co’s Consultation Paper 1

17 February 2025

ACCAN submitted on NBN Co’s Consultation Paper 1 nbn 2025 Replacement Module Application (the Paper) as part of NBN Co’s compliance under the economic regulation regime established by the August 2023 Variation of the Special Access Undertaking (SAU).

ACMA’s proposal to vary the Telecommunications Service Provider (Customer Identity Authentication) Determination 2022

13 February 2025

ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) proposal to vary the Telecommunications Service Provider (Customer Identity Authentication) Determination 2022.

Mandating Cash Acceptance

12 February 2025

ACCAN recently responded to the Treasury’s consultation on Mandating Cash Acceptance. Our submission to this consultation supports expanding the fee-free payment options available to communications consumers.

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