Telstra is required to provide access to Yellow Pages data. We have sought access to this data and have been told by Telstra:
Thank you for your enquiry.You may be aware that the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will be promulgating an ACMA-developed IPND Standard which will replace the existing Australian Communications Industry Forum IPND Code. It is anticipated that, under the new IPND Standard, ACMA will be responsible for approving applications from prospective Data Users.
ACMA has therefore directed Telstra to not accept any new applications from prospective Data Users until the IPND Standard has been promulgated. Consequently, we are unable to progress an IPND Data User application at this stage.
We don’t care about the standard, it’s the data we need. A change to the standards will not, as we understand it, affect the data itself.
Having Telstra effectively in charge of access to the IPND data is like having the sweet tooth in charge of the candy jar.