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Telecommunications Legislation and Connected Vehicles – Discussion Paper

ITS Australia commends the Federal Government and the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, regional Development, Communications and the Arts, in undertaking this important work to better understand the impacts and opportunities connected and automated vehicles offers and is strongly supportive of collaborating and fully engaging with industry and the consultation being undertaken.

ITS Australia Submission to Government Consultation

Telecommunications Legislation and Connected Vehicles

This paper queries how the telecommunications law should apply to connected and automated motor vehicles (CAVs).[1] The Department would like to better understand how the connectivity of these vehicles intersects with telecommunications infrastructure and consider how they should be regulated under the telecommunications law.

The information collected in response to this paper will help the Department in its advice to Government about whether it is desirable to make amendments to telecommunications regulatory settings that could improve regulatory certainty around vehicle connectivity, allow for greater competition and innovation in the marketplace and address any potential gaps in the regulatory framework that could impact consumers or the national interest. We will also consider whether existing key definitions and exemption-making mechanisms in the telecommunications law are well-adapted to the task of managing innovations such as CAVs in the market.

[1] Connected vehicles use information and communication technologies to communicate with the driver, other road users, roadside infrastructure and other wireless services. Source: Connected and automated vehicles | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

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