Australian Telecommunications Commission
Telecom · Telecom Australia
1 July 1975 – 1 July 1989
Renamed Australian Telecommunications Corporation in 1989.
Statutory commission that ran Australia's domestic telephone, telegraph and data networks, trading as Telecom Australia, and set network technical standards.
Names over time
- Australian Telecommunications Commission1975–1989
- Australian Telecommunications Corporation1989–1992
How it came into existence
Created by the Telecommunications Act 1975 and commenced on 1 July 1975, taking over the telecommunications operations of the Postmaster-General's Department.
- Telephone and telegraph services
- Telecommunications network
Legislation: Telecommunications Act 1975
Changes during its life
- 1 July 1975Traded as Telecom Australia.
How it ended
Reconstituted on 1 July 1989 as the Australian Telecommunications Corporation, a government business enterprise, with its technical regulatory functions passing to the new Australian Telecommunications Authority (AUSTEL).
- Technical standards and equipment approvals
Main functions
- Domestic telephone network and services
- Telegraph and telex services
- Data and mobile telephone services
- Network technical standards and equipment approvals
- Maintaining national broadcasting transmitters
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Transport and Communications.
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