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Telecommunications (Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2011
Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997
The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Determination under subsection 14 (1) of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997.
Dated 24th June 2011
Chris Chapman
(signed)
Member
Giles Tanner
(signed)
Member/General Manager
Australian Communications and Media Authority
1              Name of Determination
                This Determination is the Telecommunications (Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2011.
2              Commencement
                This Determination commences on the later of:
                (a)    the day after it is registered; and
               (b)    the day after the commencement of the Telecommunications (Specification of Costs by ACMA) Determination 2011.
 
Note 1:             All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au
Note 2:             Both of these events must occur before this Determination commences.
3              Application
                This Determination applies in relation to the imposition of carrier licence charges on carrier licences that were in force at the beginning of the 2010-2011 financial year.
4              Definitions
                In this Determination:
ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority established by section 6 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005.
Act means the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997.
carrier licence charge means charge within the meaning of Part 3 of the Act.
5              Method of ascertaining carrier licence charge
                The amount of carrier licence charge imposed on a carrier licence in force at the beginning of the financial year that began on 1 July 2010, in relation to a carrier mentioned in an item in Schedule 1, is ascertained using the formula:
where:
MFC (minimum fixed charge) is $281.
MCA (maximum charge amount) is $37 867 320 being the total sum of the amounts determined under subsection 15 (1) of the Act.
OTC (other telecommunications charge) is $169 389.
Note   This is the amount of the ACMA’s costs for the 2009–2010 financial year that:
(a)   is attributable to the ACMA’s telecommunications functions and powers; and
(b)   has been recovered from telecommunications charges other than annual carrier licence charges.
The amount of the ACMA’s costs for the 2009–2010 financial year that is attributable to the ACMA’s telecommunications functions and powers is $22 008 004 — see section 4 of the Telecommunications (Specification of Costs by ACMA) Determination 2011.
TNC (total number of carriers) is 177.
Note   This is the total number of carriers mentioned in Schedule 1.
ER (eligible revenue), for the carrier, is the amount mentioned in the item in Schedule 1.
Note   This amount is the carrier’s eligible revenue for the 2009–2010 financial year as assessed by the ACMA under subsection 20F (1) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.
TER (total eligible revenue) is $28 602 308 750.
Note   This amount is the sum of the eligible revenue for the 2009–2010 financial year for each carrier mentioned in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1        Eligible revenue for carrier
(section 5)
  
  Item
Name of carrier
ACN
Amount ($)

1
A.C.N. 088 889 230 Pty Ltd
088 889 230
$8,557,646
 
2
AAPT Limited
052 082 416
$359,875,454
 
3
AARNet Pty Ltd
084 540 518
$36,481,781
 
4
Access Wireless & Cable Pty Limited
094 923 761
$217,175
 
5
AccessPlus Pty Ltd
084 163 100
$1,418,684
 
6
Ace Internet Services Pty Ltd
071 944 959
$294,294
 
7
aCure Technology Pty Ltd
103 327 340
$532,776
 
8
Adam Internet Pty Ltd
055 495 853
$20,932,980
 
9
Advatel Wireless Pty Ltd
107 934 305
$109,949
 
10
Aeromobile AS
 
$24,896
 
11
Agile Pty Ltd
080 855 321
$63,357,030
 
12
Ai Tel Pty Ltd
116 247 002
$120,833
 
13
Allegro Networks Pty Ltd
101 425 094
$2,493,691
 
14
Alpha dot net Australia Pty Limited
074 289 151
$555,589
 
15
Amcom Pty Ltd
009 336 341
$44,314,477
 
16
Anittel Communications Pty Ltd
118 033 051
$1,135,536
 
17
Auroracom Pty Ltd
117 987 925
$3,267,563
 
18
Australia-Japan Cable (Australia) Limited
093 425 462
$10,212,807
 
19
Australian Private Networks Pty Ltd
103 009 552
$17,056,863
 
20
Basslink Telecoms Pty Ltd
129 550 563
$2,899,754
 
21
BigAir Group Limited
098 572 626
$6,409,392
 
22
Blitzwave Pty Ltd
112 152 324
$0
 
23
Blubroadband Pty Limited
122 495 158
$0
 
24
Bluemaxx Communications Pty Ltd
114 528 273
$2,374,937
 
25
Boeing Defence Australia Ltd
006 678 119
$0
 
26
Bottle Communications Pty. Ltd.
128 153 891
$0
 
27
Broadband Express Pty Ltd
010 514 164
$156,031
 
28
Broadband Wireless Pty Ltd
096 428 634
$1,108,875
 
29
Broadcast Engineering Services (Australia) Pty Ltd
066 971 533
$2,242,329
 
30
Business Services & Resources Pty Limited
073 226 114
$85,624
 
31
Central Coast Internet Pty. Limited
073 222 536
$651,333
 
32
Chime Communications Pty Ltd
073 119 285
$162,097,425
 
33
CipherTel Pty Ltd
101 635 563
$162,834
 
34
Cirrus Communications Pty Limited
109 931 731
$2,185,210
 
35
ETSA Utilities
 
$7,801,490
 
36
Clear Networks Pty Ltd
111 273 566
$1,826,862
 
37
Clever Communications Operations Pty. Limited
095 422 441
$6,547,368
 
38
ClubLINKS Telco Pty Ltd
118 286 801
$626,377
 
39
CNTCorp Pty. Ltd.
106 668 071
$91,592
 
40
Country Energy
 
$70,372
 
41
Data and Communications Victoria Pty Ltd
136 567 907
$0
 
42
Datafast Telecommunications Pty Ltd
086 295 963
$14,777,532
 
43
DCS Internet Pty Ltd
115 008 154
$1,805,568
 
44
Digital Distribution Australia Pty Limited
093 095 419
$28,316,414
 
45
Digital River Networks Pty. Ltd.
098 597 329
$1,311,081
 
46
Digital Technologies & Telecommunications Pty Limited
081 278 677
$130,061
 
47
Dragnet Internet Services Pty Ltd
073 567 781
$869,812
 
48
Eastern Wireless Pty. Ltd.
106 669 587
$43,693
 
49
Ecopost Pty Limited
073 752 137
$130,251
 
50
Elms Communications Pty Ltd
122 078 255
$0
 
51
Ergon Energy Telecommunications Pty Ltd
106 459 465
$6,976,606
 
52
Fiber Vision Networks Pty. Ltd.
122 300 369
$70,462
 
53
Fibre Optic Infrastructure Holdings Pty Ltd
112 450 058
$0
 
54
Fish Telecom Pty Ltd
092 285 713
$321,961
 
55
Flexinet Pty Ltd
112 877 488
$2,493,689
 
56
Freecor International Pty. Limited
007 065 527
$0
 
57
Gateway Networks Pty Ltd
140 539 475
$0
 
58
GE International Holdings Inc
 
$2,535,966
 
59
Geo Media Broadband Pty Ltd
118 705 927
$115,138
 
60
Golden IT Pty. Ltd.
099 165 143
$783,723
 
61
GoldNet Pty Ltd
127 052 493
$639,391
 
62
i3 Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd
132 932 926
$0
 
63
Index Consultancy - Australia Pty. Ltd.
085 860 966
$735,135
 
64
Indigo Telecom (Aust) Pty Ltd
125 636 599
$0
 
65
Inmarsat Leasing (Two) Limited
 
$53,304,793
 
66
Integrated Data Labs Pty Ltd
076 582 280
$1,406,843
 
67
Integrity Network Solutions Pty. Ltd.
092 987 669
$162,833
 
68
Intelligent IP Communications Pty Ltd
115 730 526
$5,070,223
 
69
Intelsat Asia Carrier Services Inc
 
$6,151,881
 
70
Ipera Communications Pty Limited
090 964 104
$1,230,906
 
71
iPSTAR Australia Pty Ltd
107 338 901
$15,861,127
 
72
Iridium Australia Licensee Pty Limited
136 396 855
$6,329,279
 
73
Ivery Holdings Pty Ltd
107 572 341
$536,023
 
74
Jemena Asset Management (2) Pty Ltd
073 613 733
$0
 
75
Kallistrate Pty. Ltd.
110 945 009
$513,912
 
76
Leading Edge Internet Pty Limited
096 764 617
$162,833
 
77
Light Technologies Pty Ltd
081 071 712
$5,159
 
78
Link Innovations Pty Limited
071 699 637
$1,320,031
 
79
Linknet Communications NSW Pty Limited
105 220 399
$588,006
 
80
Logic IT Solutions Pty Ltd
137 819 875
$21,486
 
81
Luminet Pty Ltd
131 318 646
$0
 
82
Mackay Computer Services Pty Ltd
065 626 824
$579,965
 
83
Macquarie Telecom Network Carrier Services Pty Limited
093 640 450
$93,113,171
 
84
McPherson Media Pty. Ltd.
004 522 785
$2,037,390
 
85
Megalink Australia Pty Ltd
084 000 671
$217,482
 
86
Michael Parnell Pty. Limited
063 981 359
$181,532
 
87
NBN Co Limited
136 533 741
$0
 
88
NBN Tasmania Limited
138 338 271
$0
 
89
NetWave Communications Pty Ltd
118 975 581
$83,228
 
90
Network Technology (Aust) Pty Ltd
096 864 836
$5,562,228
 
91
New Skies Satellites Australia Pty Ltd
114 962 248
$33,519,450
 
92
Newhome Technologies Pty Ltd
003 128 989
$106,829
 
93
Newsat Networks Pty Ltd
078 204 994
$5,194,998
 
94
Nextgen Networks Pty Limited
094 147 403
$49,279,377
 
95
No Wires Communication Pty Ltd
117 179 727
$0
 
96
Northern Technology Holdings Pty Ltd
104 365 675
$332,073
 
97
Nowires Pty Limited
103 320 583
$35,501
 
98
NURV Telecom Pty Ltd
125 922 689
$162,508
 
99
Nuskope Pty. Ltd.
125 849 149
$215,667
 
100
Ocean Broadband Ltd
110 380 820
$774,459
 
101
Ochre Services Pty Ltd
 127 829 690
$0
 
102
Office des Postes et Télécommunications
 
$19,482,153
 
103
OMNIConnect Pty Ltd
079 282 376
$697,956
 
104
On Q Networks Pty Ltd
131 879 975
$0
 
105
OnAir Switzerland Sarl
 
$3,243,204
 
106
OPENetworks Pty Ltd
118 525 821
$4,811
 
107
Opticomm Co Pty Ltd
117 414 776
$41,895
 
108
Optus Mobile Pty Limited
054 365 696
$4,193,583,285
 
109
Optus Networks Pty Limited
008 570 330
$1,640,170,845
 
110
Optus Vision Pty Limited
066 518 821
$4,947,254
 
111
Orion Satellite Systems Pty Limited
103 918 832
$2,931,026
 
112
Ossini Pty Ltd
100 584 656
$84,918
 
113
Oziplex Pty Ltd
095 421 819
$0
 
114
Pacific Wireless Australia Pty. Ltd.
090 841 446
$2,634,756
 
115
Pactel International Pty Ltd
105 681 589
$3,547,804
 
116
Pipe International (Australia) Pty Ltd
123 898 215
$36,842,693
 
117
PIPE Networks Pty Limited
099 104 122
$46,285,353
 
118
Pivit Pty Ltd
109 578 752
$2,272,912
 
119
Pivotel Group Pty Limited
102 274 322
$21,772,983
 
120
Port of Brisbane Corporation
 
$233,689
 
121
Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd
143 384 749
$0
 
122
PowerTel Limited
001 760 103
$107,267,977
 
123
Primus Telecommunications Pty Limited
071 191 396
$122,784,338
 
124
Project Eclectic R & D (SA) Pty Ltd
089 968 918
$70,970
 
125
Puddlenet Pty Ltd
114 619 975
$12,407
 
126
QEStel Pty Ltd
136 372 060
$0
 
127
Quantum Multimedia Communications Pty Ltd
094 221 379
$4,653,808
 
128
Radcomp Pty Ltd
117 279 348
$134,012
 
129
Rail Corporation New South Wales
 
$618,768
 
130
Reach Networks Australia Pty Limited
095 187 723
$4,545,595
 
131
RP 25 Pty Ltd
108 218 328
$0
 
132
Satellite and Wireless Pty Ltd
103 881 303
$162,833
 
133
SCCL Australia Limited
084 509 366
$12,238,028
 
134
Select Communications (Australia) Pty Ltd
135 742 219
$0
 
135
Silk Telecom (WA) Pty Ltd
103 173 440
$922,714
 
136
Silk Telecom Pty Ltd
095 420 616
$16,354,030
 
137
SkyMesh Pty Ltd
113 609 439
$2,866,528
 
138
Snork Pty Ltd
142 381 771
$645
 
139
Soul Pattinson Telecommunications Pty Limited
001 726 192
$228,814,804
 
140
Southern Cross Telecommunications Pty Ltd.
089 636 724
$3,879,372
 
141
Spartan Information Technology Pty. Ltd.
127 980 018
$26,223
 
142
Spencer Gulf Telecasters Pty Limited
007 658 782
$126,179
 
143
Splash Internet Pty. Ltd.
140 938 307
$9,987
 
144
Syncaccess Group Pty. Limited
133 372 415
$0
 
145
Tampnet Oceania Pty Ltd
142 201 009
$0
 
146
Tas Communications Pty Ltd
101 787 508
$278,633
 
147
Tasmanet Pty. Ltd.
111 240 978
$434,812
 
148
Techsus Pty Ltd
108 979 031
$196,385
 
149
Telecommunications Integration Services Pty Ltd
125 517 553
$0
 
150
Telstra Corporation Limited
051 775 556
$17,214,902,665
 
151
Telstra Multimedia Pty Limited
069 279 072
$360,886,410
 
152
Tower Computer Aid Pty. Ltd.
094 621 815
$162,451
 
153
TransACT Capital Communications Pty Ltd
093 966 888
$56,059,259
 
154
Uecomm Operations Pty Limited
093 504 100
$0
 
155
Uecomm Pty Limited
079 083 195
$167,310,489
 
156
Universal Communications Group Pty Ltd
131 591 636
$31,117
 
157
Unwired Australia Pty Limited
094 107 589
$143,280
 
158
Verizon Australia Pty Limited
081 001 194
$88,165,188
 
159
VERNet Pty Ltd
112 005 302
$5,047,004
 
160
Vertical Telecoms Pty Limited
086 050 946
$5,345,150
 
161
Victorian Rail Track Corporation
 
$19,906,968
 
162
Victorian Urban Development Authority
 
$0
 
163
VIVIDWIRELESS Pty Ltd
137 696 461
$20,620,564
 
164
Vodafone Australia Pty Limited
056 161 043
$743,526,770
 
165
Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Limited
096 304 620
$2,263,287,228
 
166
Wackado Communications Pty Ltd
113 555 267
$42,469
 
167
Western Australian Internet Association (Inc.)
 
$421,134
 
168
Wideband Networks Pty Ltd
097 649 851
$11,880,981
 
169
Widelinx Pty. Ltd.
113 136 824
$121,807
 
170
Wimax Telecom Pty. Ltd.
118 546 535
$0
 
171
Winderee Investments Pty Ltd
001 319 642
$144,341
 
172
Windytide Pty. Ltd.
068 943 546
$33,299,969
 
173
Wireless Broadband Engineering Pty Limited
119 765 810
$702,715
 
174
Wobygong Pty Ltd
099 880 805
$0
 
175
World Without Wires Pty Ltd
108 833 781
$194,949
 
176
XYZed Pty Ltd
092 450 783
$10,344,385
 
177
YLESS4U Pty Ltd
110 836 425
$169,367