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Register of telco industry codes and standards

We maintain a register of telecommunications industry codes and standards.

 

About the register

Telecommunications companies must follow the rules in the Telecommunications Act 1997 (the Act). The codes and standards contain these rules.

The register we maintain must include all:

  • Industry codes that have to be registered under Part 6 of the Act
  • Industry standards

After we register a new code or standard, the Communications Alliance publishes it and we add it to this list.

Industry codes

Code

Applies to

Key purpose

Registration date
Cabling Requirements for Business
  • Cabling Service Operators (cabling businesses) that supply or arrange to supply services relating to the performance of customer cabling work
This code requires businesses engaging in customer cabling activities to ensure that the cablers working on their behalf perform work in accordance with the Cabling Provider Rules. 17 July 2003

Call charging and billing accuracy C518:2006

  • carriers
  • carriage service providers (CSPs)

Sets the requirements for carriers and CSPs to check the accuracy of charges and bills. Applies to standard telephone services across public fixed or mobile circuit switched networks

21 December 2006

Connect Outstanding C617:2017

 

  • CSPs

Sets the time for connecting a new landline service, if the previous occupant did not cancel it

16 March 2017

Customer and network fault management C513:2015

  • carriers
  • CSPs

Defines how carriers and CSPs record, manage and resolve faults between each other

19 February 2016

Emergency call services requirements C536:2020

  • Carriers
  • CSP’s

Ensures people have access to the emergency call service. Explains how the emergency call service operates and when to use it

17 December 2020

End to end network performance C519:2004

  • CSPs
  • carriers

Specifies the minimum performance levels for service over public networks

12 August 2004

Handling of Life Threatening and Unwelcome Communications C525:2017

  • carriers
  • CSPs
  • national relay service provider

Sets the process for handling unwelcome calls and life-threatening phone calls, texts and emails

21 June 2018

Inbound Number Portability C657:2015

  • carriers
  • CSPs

Allows customers to keep their freephone (18/1800) or local rate numbers (13/1345/1300) when they change to a CSP with a different carrier network

21 March 2016

Integrated Public Number Database C555:2020

  • Carriers (including the IPND manager)
  • CSPs

Sets out rules about the provision of accurate information to the IPND, the storage of information in the IPND, and the disclosure of information from the IPND.

20 March 2020

Information on accessibility features for telephone equipment C625:2020

  • telecommunications equipment suppliers

Explains what telecommunications equipment suppliers must do to  provide clear product information to people with disability and older people

16 April 2020

Local number portability C540:2013

 

  • carriers
  • CSPs

Ensures customers can keep their number when they connect to another carrier or CSP's network

28 Oct 2016

Mobile Number Portability C570:2009

  • carriers
  • CSPs

Ensures customers can keep their mobile number when they connect to another CSP or mobile carrier network

19 February 2016

Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment C564:2020

  • carriers

Helps carriers, communities and councils to consult about mobile phone towers

17 December 2020

Mobile Premium Services C637:2019

 

  • CSPs
  • Content Providers

Protects customers who use Mobile Premium Services

4 December 2019

NBN access transfer C647:2017

  • carriers
  • CSPs

Protects customers and ensures they can choose a provider and move between providers

16 Mar 2017

Next-Generation Broadband Systems Deployment in Customer Cabling C658:2019

  • broadband providers

Sets the rules for how cables perform when they carry:

  • older technologies such as ADSL2
  • next generation broadband systems such as VDSL2
4 February 2019

Pre-selection C515:2015

  • CSPs

Sets the steps that allow customers to choose different providers for some phone services

19 February 2016

Priority Assistance for Life Threatening Medical Conditions C609:2007

 

Gives customers with life-threatening medical conditions quicker access to connections, repairs. Ensures their service is reliable

20 July 2007
Reducing Scam Calls and Scam SMs C661:2022
  • carriers
  • CSPs
Sets out processes for identifying, tracing, blocking and otherwise disrupting scam calls and scam SMS

12 July 2022

Rights of use of numbers C566:2005

  • CSPs

Defines the customer's rights to use their number(s) including when it is reserved, issued and in quarantine

29 June 2005

Rights of Use of Premium Rate Service Numbers C554:2004

  • CSPs
  • premium rate service providers

Clarifies who is the right of use (ROU) holder for premium rate service numbers and how to transfer ROU

29 June 2005

Telecommunications Consumer Protections C628:2019
Incorporating Variation No.1/2022

  • CSPs

Protects customers who use mobile phone, landline and internet services, including NBN

(This updates the guides referenced in clauses 3.4.1(a) and 6.10.1 of C628:2019 registered on 1 July 2019)

16 June 2022

ULLS Network Deployment C559:2012

  • carriers
  • CSPs

Protects the network when systems and services use the unconditioned local loop service

16 May 2012

Note: Codes are registered on the day they are published to this page.

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