1.1 Purpose

The purpose of these Guidelines is to provide as much certainty and clarity as is reasonably possible on the way in which the TRA will define telecommunications service markets, analyse such markets for dominance, and determine regulatory remedies to be imposed on dominant service providers to address the risk of harm that may result for competition in such markets and for the interests of consumers.

1.2 Scope

These Guidelines address the approach that the TRA will take to the following matters:

(a) the identification and definition of telecommunications service markets;

(b) determination of whether such markets are susceptible to ex ante regulation for dominance and are relevant markets for the application of ex ante remedies if service providers are assessed as being dominant;

(c) the determination of appropriate remedies; and

(d) the review and amendment of past determinations in respect of the matters outlined in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above.

1.3 Relationship to Anti-Competitive Behaviour and Principles Guidelines and to regulation in response to anti-competitive behaviour