Appendix 6
List of Abbreviations
AARNET Australian Academic and Research Network
ACA Australian Communications Authority
ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
ACIF Australian Communications Industry Forum
ADSL Asymmetric digital subscriber line
ALGA Australian Local Government Association
ALP Australian Labor Party
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service
ASPA Australian Secondary Principals' Association
ATIA Australian Telecommunications Industry Association
ATSIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
ATUG Australian Telecommunications Users Group
AUSTEL Australian Telecommunications Authority (merged with SMA on 1
July 1997 to become the ACA)
BTCE Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics
CAN Customer Access Network
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CEG Communications Expert Group
CEPU Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union
CIT Computer Integrated Telephone
CLC Communications Law Centre
CLI Caller Line Identification
COSBOA Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia
CPSU Community and Public Sector Union
CWA Country Women's Association
DECT Digital European Cordless Technology/Telephony
DIST Department of Industry, Science and Tourism
DoCA Department of Communications and the Arts
DoFA Department of Finance and Administration
DPIE Department of Primary Industries and Energy
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
HFC Hybrid fibre coaxial
ISDN Integrated Systems Digital Network
ITU International Telecommunications Union
NFF National Farmers' Federation
OASIT Office of Asset Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing
PSTN Public switched telephone network
RCC Radiocommunications Consultative Council
RTIF Regional Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund
SMA Spectrum Management Agency (merged with parts of AUSTEL on 1 July
1997 to become the ACA)
TAF Telecommunications Access Forum
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TIO Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman
TMM Telstra Multimedia Pty Ltd
USO Universal Service Provider
USP Universal Service Provider
WMD Western Murray Development