4.4 Entity associate tab

This tab will only be available if you have been registered as an entity associate, that is, you are authorised to send sender ID messages using a sender ID registered by another entity (the sender ID owner). 

The entity associate tab is where entity associates manage their participation in the register. 

Go to Appendix A for information about:

• How to apply to be an entity associate
• What you need to do before you apply.

When a telco applies to register you as an entity associate, you will receive an email requesting you to confirm your application.

1. Click on the Sender ID register link in the email 

 To confirm the application to register as an entity associate: 

2. Click on the Entity associate access tab.
3. Check the box to the left of the telco (service provider).
4. Click on the Confirm application to register entity associate button.

If your application is approved by the ACMA, the status will update from Pending to Complete.

This means that you have been approved to participate in the register as an entity associate, but you cannot send messages using another entity’s sender ID until your telco confirms that the sender ID owner has registered the sender ID, confirming that you can send messages using that sender ID. 

To revoke your registration as an entity associate, or to withdraw your authorisation for telcos to send messages on your behalf: 

1. Click on the Entity associate access tab.
2. Check the box to the left of the telcos (service providers) you no longer want to use to send messages for you. If you select all the telcos, this will revoke your participation on the register.
3. Click on the Revoke entity associate button.

A pop up will appear

4. Click on the Revoke entity associate button.

The selected telco will no longer appear in your Entity associate access tab.

ABN (Australian Business Number) 

Has the meaning given by section 41 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.

ABN entity

An entity with an Australian Business Number (ABN) as listed on the Australian Business Register (ABR).

ABR (Australian Business Register) 

The register established under section 24 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.

ACMA Assist

ACMA Assist is the online portal for the ACMA.

Customer

An entity that has a contractual arrangement with their telco relating to the sending of sender ID messages.

Entity

One of the following who uses or proposes to use sender ID messages:

1. an individual
2. a body corporate
3. a corporation sole
4. a body politic
5. a government entity (within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999)
6. a partnership
7. any other unincorporated association or body of persons
8. a trust
9. a superannuation fund (within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993).

Entity associate 

An entity that is authorised to send messages using a sender ID that belongs to another entity (the sender ID owner). For example, you are an entity associate if you are:

• a research company that has been engaged by a bank to send messages for the bank, using its sender ID
• a sports club that is authorised to send messages, using a sender ID that is owned by a sports league
• an advertising or marketing agency engaged by a business to run advertising and promotional campaigns, using a sender ID owned by that business. 

If you are an entity associate for another entity, the application process consists of 2 parts.

The telco that you contact to apply must:

• submit an application for you to participate in the register
• submit an application to register the sender ID which belongs to the sender ID owner. This includes confirmation that the sender ID owner agrees to register the sender ID and gives you permission to use that sender ID.  

See Appendix A for more information.

Telecommunications provider (telco)

Any of the following:

• a carrier
• a carriage service provider
• an electronic messaging service provider.

This means any telco or message provider that sends SMS or MMS messages for you.