Telstra Submission to Department of Communications and the Arts Communications accessibility: 2016 and beyond 6 May 2016 Introduction Telstra is committed to providing equitable communications services to people living with disabilities and to ensuring access to standard telephone services (STS) under the universal service obligation (USO). Telstra’s Disability Equipment Program (DEP) interacts with the National Relay Service (NRS) and has been in place since 1987. Telstra also has a registered Disability Action Plan (our sixth DAP since 1996), which will be replaced later this year by the company’s first Accessibility and Inclusion Action Plan. Telstra is the largest contributor in dollar terms to the funding of the NRS via the Telecommunications Industry Levy. Advances in information and communications technologies and the shift to digital connectivity have created significant potential to positively transform the lives of people with disability, improving not
Telstra Submission to Department of Communications and the Arts Communications accessibility: 2016 and beyond 6 May 2016 Introduction Telstra is committed to providing equitable communications services to people living with disabilities and to ensuring access to standard telephone services (STS) under the universal service obligation (USO). Telstra’s Disability Equipment Program (DEP) interacts with the National Relay Service (NRS) and has been in place since 1987. Telstra also has a registered Disability Action Plan (our sixth DAP since 1996), which will be replaced later this year by the company’s first Accessibility and Inclusion Action Plan. Telstra is the largest contributor in dollar terms to the funding of the NRS via the Telecommunications Industry Levy. Advances in information and communications technologies and the shift to digital connectivity have created significant potential to positively transform the lives of people with disability, improving not
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