The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has proposed a broadband low income measures scheme, including discount wholesale prices, to enable Australians earning $26,000 a year or less to access to the National Broadband Network (NBN).

Australian telecommunication providers will have to face up to mandatory regulation of their industry and the introduction of measures such as standard pricing for data costs, according to telco lobby group, The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).

The federal government has begun spruiking its Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), a communications advocacy body due to begin operations on 1 July.