Documents
Local Calling TSO final determination
(1 documents)
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2003/04 Final Determination for TSO Instrument for Local Residential
Service - 23 March 2007 PDF (1.6 MB) - Determination under section 90 of the Telecommunications Act 2001 ('the Act') of matters set out in section 92 of the Act in the matter of Telecommunications Service Obligations for Local Residential Service, for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 being the financial year of the Telecommunications Provider 'TSP', Telecom New Zealand Limited.
Project Milestones
(1 documents)
Cross Submissions on Revised Draft
(5 documents)
- 2003/04 Telecom Cross Submission on the TSO Revised Draft Determination PDF (92 KB)
- In this cross submission we primarily address the submission made by
Network Strategies Limited (NSL).
To assist the Commission, this cross submission follows the same format as
NSL's submission and addresses their points in the same order. - 2003/04 Telecom Cross-submission on Revised Draft Determination PDF (101 KB)
- In the Network Strategies Report Number 26022, Network Strategies have provided more detail of their methodology, so making their proposed approach to a wireless cap based on mobile technologies more transparent. This is a significant step forward on their previous documentation. However, the increased transparency further emphasizes the limitations in their approach.
- 2003/04 TelstraClear and Vodafone - Comments on Telecom TSO Submission - 18 January 2007 PDF (224 KB)
- 2003/04 TelstraClear Cross Submission on Revised Draft Determination for Local Residential Service TSO PDF (58 KB)
- TelstraClear welcomes the opportunity to provide a cross submission on the Commission's Revised Draft Determination for TSO Instrument for Local Residential Service for period between 1 July 2003 and 30 June 2004.
- TelstraClear - Comments on the application of tilted annuities - 18 January 2007 PDF (41 KB)
Submissions on TSO Revised Draft Determination
(5 documents)
- 2003/04 Telecom Submission on the TSO Revised Draft Determination - 7 December 2006 PDF (211 KB)
- The Commission has issued a revised draft determination for the 03/04 TSO. This report presents Telecom's comments on this determination. These have been developed with the assistance of its consultants NERA (whose report is bound separately) and Milner Consulting Ltd.
- 2003/04 Telecom Submission on the TSO Revised Draft Determination - Supplementary Submission on Multi Access Radio - 15 December 2006 PDF (35 KB)
- 2003/04 TelstraClear - Submission on Revised Draft Determination for TSO Instrument for Local Residential Service - 14 December 2006 PDF (180 KB)
- 2003/04 TelstraClear and Vodafone - Submission on Revised Draft Determination - 19 December 2006 PDF (429 KB)
- Telecom - Critique of Revised Draft Determination - December 2006 PDF (262 KB)
- This report provides a critique of the Commerce Commission's revised draft determination on the TSO.1 NERA has made previous submissions on behalf of Telecom New Zealand analyzing the Commission's treatment of annuity depreciation in its cost modeling. The scope of this report is to respond to the Commission's revised draft determination - in particular in areas it appears to have not fully understood the our previous submissions.
Correspondence on TSO Revised Draft Determination
(4 documents)
- 2003/04 Letter to Telecom - Distribution Costs in the MAR Radio Cap - 29 November 2006 PDF (557 KB)
- Thank you for your letter on the 15 November 2006, in which you express concern over the $[ ] distribution ('d') side network capital cost has been used in the 2003/04 revised draft determination.
- 2003/04 Letter to TelstraClear - Revised Draft Determination: Request for Extension - 28 November 2006 PDF (460 KB)
- Thank you for your letter of the 27th of November 2006 in which you requested an extension to the reporting deadline for the submission and cross-submission phases of the 2003/04 Revised Draft Determination.
- 2003/04 TelstraClear and Vodafone - TSO Revised Draft Determination: Request for Extension - 27 November 2006 PDF (64 KB)
- The Commission has set a deadline of 30 November 2006 for submissions on the Revised Draft Determination for TSO Instrument for Local Residential Service for period between 1 July 2003 and 30 June 2004. TelstraClear and Vodafone request an extension to the deadline for submissions to 14 December 2006.
- Telecom Submission Distribution costs in the MAR radio cap PDF (28 KB)
- In almost every submission Telecom has made to date in the TSO process, we have asked the Commission to explain the cost it is using for distribution cabling at MAR radio sites. So far the Commission has not addressed this submission.
TSO Revised Draft Determination
(1 documents)
- 2003/04 Revised Draft Determination for TSO Instrument for Local Residential Service - 8 November 2006 PDF (1.4 MB)
- Determination under section 90 of the Telecommunications Act 2001 ('the Act') of matters set out in section 92 of the Act in the matter of Telecommunications Service Obligations for Local Residential Service, for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 being the financial year of the Telecommunications Provider 'TSP', Telecom New Zealand Limited.
Network Strategies TSO GSM Proposal
(2 documents)
- 2003/04 Vodafone and TelstraClear - Network Strategies Submission on the Wireless Cap, 15 March 2006 - 22 August 2006 PDF (203 KB)
- Thank you for your joint submission on the 2003/04 Local Calling TSO, in which Network Strategies provided and extensive submission on the use of mobile radio caps.
- TelstraClear and Vodafone - Wireless cap model revision and clarification - 18 September 2006 PDF (287 KB)
TSO Local Calling Radio Cap 19 April 2006
19/04/2006 (2 documents)
- 2003/04 TSO Local Calling Radio Cap - 19 April 2006 PDF (49 KB)
- The attached report has been prepared in response to submissions on the TSO Draft for 2003/04 on the selection of ESA that are suitable for deployment of the radio cap technology used by the Commission's modelling processes.
- Telecom - TSO Local Calling Radio Cap Response - 3 May 2006 PDF (76 KB)
Submissions on issues arising out of the 2003-04 revenues
(2 documents)
- 2003/04 Telecom - TSO Revenue and Line Data - An Analytical Review - July 2005 PDF (320 KB)
- 2003/04 Telecom - TSO Revenue Data - General Queries PDF (78 KB)
- A meeting was held with the Commerce Commission (CC) in May 05, from this a number of action points arose, being; 1. Obtain and forward soft copies of all reports forwarded to the CC in the last 18 months that relate to the TSO 2. Forward discussion document on incoming local call traffic modelling
Radio Submissions and Cross submissions to TSO 2003-04 Draft Determination
(8 documents)
- 2003-04 Telecom Cross Submission on the Wireless Cap Calculation in the TSO Draft Determination - 29 March 2006 PDF (253 KB)
- TelstraClear and Vodafone have jointly submitted a report by Network Strategies, which outlines what they regard as shortcomings in the current wireless cap calculation. They argue that all CNVCs can be served significantly more cheaply by a GSM mobile technology. Network Strategies asserts that adopting its approach will more than halve the TSO loss calculated by the Commission.
- 2003/04 Telecom Submission on the Wireless Cap Calculation in the TSO Draft Determination - 15 March 2006 PDF (173 KB)
- Telecom has two main concerns with the CMAR costs used by the Commission - the operating costs and the cabling costs.
The operating costs associated with CMAR have not been updated to reflect the changes made in the 02/03 final determination to the way operating costs are incorporated in the model. In this submission Telecom suggests two alternative ways in which this can be easily rectified. - 2003/04 TelstraClear - Cross Submission on the Wireless Cap for TSO - 29 March 2006 PDF (95 KB)
- 2003/04 TelstraClear and Vodafone - Response to Telecom's submission on the TSO Wireless Cap - 29 March 2006 PDF (195 KB)
- This report is submitted to the Commerce Commission as a cross-submission on Telecom New Zealand's submission on the Wireless Cap Calculation in the TSO 03-04 Draft Determination (15 March 2005).
- 2003/04 TelstraClear and Vodafone - The Wireless Cap for TSO - 15 March 2006 PDF (365 KB)
- During the Commission's recent TSO wireless cap workshop, parties raised a number of issues concerning the accuracy of TSO wireless cap modelling and the procedures used to apply these caps into the TSO model. In this paper we present the results of our investigations into robust methodologies for calculating and applying wireless caps for the TSO model. In particular, we have examined the use of GSM mobile technology in delivering TSO services and have concluded the following:
- 2003/04 TelstraClear Submission on the Wireless Cap for TSO PDF (105 KB)
- Annex 3 - Telecom - Application of Annuity Depreciation in the Presence of Competing Technologies - 15 March 2006 PDF (124 KB)
- Telecom - NERA Report - Application of Annuity Depreciation in the Presence of Competing Technologies II - 29 March 2006 PDF (120 KB)
- The TelstraClear submission recommended that: ""¦the Commission should select the technology [for the purposes of determining TSO compensation] that provides TSO services to those customers according to the standards required by the Deed at least cost."; Our 15 March 2006 report used a stylised example to show why, in the presence of competing technologies, the cost for one technology is a function of the tilts on all other technologies as well as on its own technology. The TelstraClear submission presumes that the 'cost' of a technology can be equated with its tilted annuity (derived independently from the tilts on other technologies). This is not a correct conception of 'cost'.
Non Radio Submission and Cross submissions to TSO 2003-04 Draft Determination
(4 documents)
- 2003/04 PWC Report Annex A - Telecom - Draft TSO Determination - The Weighted Average Cost of Capital for Mobile Services - 22 February 2006 PDF (163 KB)
- 2003/04 Telecom Cross Submission on the TSO Draft Determination - 24 February 2006 PDF (99 KB)
- This submission addresses the issues raised in the submissions of Ihug, TelstraClear and Vodafone on the draft 03/04 TSO determination.
The Vodafone submission covers two areas - intangible benefits and terrain inputs - that are also covered in the TelstraClear submission. Likewise the Ihug submission also raises a common issue - the deducibility of payments to liable and non liable persons. Hence, in this submission, Telecom addresses the issues raised on a topic by topic basis rather than responding to each party's submission separately. - 2003/04 TelstraClear - Cross Submission on the Draft Determination for TSO Instrument for Local Residential Service - 24 February 2006 PDF (163 KB)
- 2003/04 TelstraClear - Network Strategies' Response to Telecom's Submission on the TSO Draft Determination - 24 February 2006 PDF (184 KB)
- This report details Network Strategies' response to points raised by Telecom in its 3 February submission on the Commerce Commission's TSO Draft Determination for 2003-04.
TSO Radiocap Workshop 15 February 2006
15/02/2006 (6 documents)
- Commerce Commission Radio Workshop 15 February 2005 PDF (40 KB)
- The purpose of this letter is to brief parties on the agenda for the workshop which is to be held on Wednesday 15 February. During the workshop, the Commission will: demonstrate the 'Pathloss' model; and provide details on how the Commission has developed its radio cap analysis and to seek information from the participants on its approach to radio caps.
- Dr Murray Milner - Questions Concerning the Wireless Cap Modelling - 3 February 2006 PDF (55 KB)
- The GQ-AAS consultants have made assumptions concerning the traffic per user within each cluster. These assumptions have a significant impact on the dimensioning and hence cost of the wireless equipment.
- Network Strategies - Radio Cap Workshop - Issues Summary - 16 February 2006 PDF (52 KB)
- The Commission have proposed using a per minute call cost calculated from the CostPro model to represent fibre optic backhaul costs in the GSM and CDMA access models. Our view is that there could be a number of problems with this approach, including the issues outlined below.
- TSO Radio Cap Workshop 15 Feb 2006 Transcript PDF (259 KB)
- MR OFFICER: You just received a handout. Part of this presentation has got restricted material in it. You have just received a presentation that we've got. I was going to print-out the list of people who have access to restricted information. As luck would have it, the website was down when I came to do it, so, Iain, I am going to have to wing this, I will come down through here and give those of you who I know have signed it a copy, and if you could pass it on to whoever is appropriate.
- TSO Radio Workshop - Gibson Quai Presentation - 15 February 2006 PDF (1.2 MB)
- TSO Wireless Cap Post Workshop Questions - 16 February 2006 PDF (40 KB)
- Pathloss Modelling
1) When using the Pathloss 4.0 modelling tool for the WLL system design, what is the minimum flat fade margin used in the link design?
2) In section 2.1 of the GQ-AAS subsidiary report provided at the workshop the point is made that ' "¦ only sample paths were assessed' Could GQ-AAS indicate please what percentage of WLL radio paths were analysed using the Pathloss 4.0 tool across the 20 ESAs?
Submissions and Responses to TSO 2003-04 Draft Determination
(8 documents)
- 2003/04 ihug Submission on the Draft Determination for TSO Instrument for Local Residential Service - 3 February 2006 PDF (123 KB)
- Ihug has not made a submission to the Commission before in relation to the TSO instrument, because while we have always considered the TSO concept to be an unreasonable anachronism that belongs in the past, previously there has been nothing in the detail that we have considered particularly unreasonable and therefore worth the effort to try to change.
- 2003/04 Telecom - The Weighted Average Cost of Capital to be Applied in Calculating the Cost of TSO - 17 September 2004 PDF (292 KB)
- We present our report which provides our estimate of the Weighted Average Cost of Capital ("WACC") applicable to Telecom New Zealand Limited's ("Telecom") obligation under the Telecommunication Service Obligation ("TSO") for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.
- 2003/04 Telecom - TSO Draft Determination - 3 February 2006 PDF (310 KB)
- 2003/04 TelstraClear - Issues in the TSO Draft Determination PDF (315 KB)
- For the 03-04 TSO net cost calculation, operating costs have been estimated in the Commission's model both as per line cost and as a percentage of annualised capital expenditure. We have compared the TSO approach to operating costs and the magnitude of 03-04 TSO operating costs with a number of the other access models and found that:
- 2003/04 TelstraClear - Submission on the Draft Determination for TSO Instrument for Local Residential Service - 3 February 2006 PDF (348 KB)
- 2003/04 Vodafone comments on Draft TSO Determination PDF (19 KB)
- This letter presents Vodafone's views on the Commission's Draft TSO Determination for 2003/04. There is nothing confidential in this letter or the attached paper from Covec.
- Annex 4.- Telecom - A Conservative Estimate of the Required Increment to the WACC for the TSO - 20 September 2002 PDF (225 KB)
- The Cost of Capital for Mobile Operators - Investigation into Regulation of Mobile Termination - 19 July 2004 PDF (381 KB)
- Marsden Jacob Associates (MJA) has been requested by TelstraClear to provide comments on the indicative cost of capital for mobile operators in New Zealand. The comments and opinions expressed in this paper are those of Marsden Jacob Associates and do not necessarily reflect those of TelstraClear. No part of this submission is confidential and Marsden Jacob has no objection to it being made publicly available.
Industry Progress Report TSO Determination 2003-04 2004-05
(1 documents)
- 2003/2004 and 2004/05 Local Residential Service TSO Progress Report Update - 24 January 2006 PDF (22 KB)
- The Commission will hold a workshop on the radio caps to be implemented as part of the TSO 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 determinations.
The purpose of the workshop is to ensure that parties understand the radio model.
TSO Draft Determination 2003-2004
(1 documents)
- 2003/04 Draft Determination for TSO Instrument for Local Residential Service PDF (1.4 MB)
- Determination under section 90 of the Telecommunications Act 2001 ('the Act') of matters set out in section 92 of the Act in the matter of Telecommunications Service Obligations for Local Residential Service, for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 being the financial year of the TSP, Telecom New Zealand Ltd.
Submissions and Responses to Industry Progress Report TSO Determination 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06
(7 documents)
- 2002/03 Bell comments on 2002-2003 TSO Determination - Review of Commission Decision - View on Bell-Ducat TSO Terrain Approach - 13 October 2005 PDF (73 KB)
- 2003/04 and 2004/05 Vodafone - Update on TSO Determination Process - 17 October 2005 PDF (20 KB)
- 2003/04 Telecom - TSO Draft Determination Submission Deadline Extension - 12 January 2006 PDF (40 KB)
- 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 TelstraClear - TSO Determinations: Response to Request for Comment - 17 October 2005 PDF (225 KB)
- Telecom - Submission in Response to the Commerce Commission's Request for Comment on Their TSO Progress report dated 19 September 2005 PDF (85 KB)
- TelstraClear - Network Strategies - TSO Terrain Sensitivity - 17 October 2005 PDF (151 KB)
- For the 2002-03 TSO final determination, in addition to the original MAR wireless cap, a WLL cap was implemented. The following table lists the number of clusters that implemented each radio type, for both total clusters and non-viable clusters. For comparative purposes, the wired clusters are also listed. We also list the contribution to the TSO of each cap type.
- TelstraClear - TSO issues from the Commerce Commission - 17 October 2005 PDF (79 KB)
- In the NGN proposed by Telecom, all current switched/TDM (time division multiplex) circuit and transport equipment will be replaced with IP equipment. In the TDM network the line card is in the switch; in the NGN it will be much closer to the customer - it may be where the existing cabinet is (through a media gateway, or MGW) or in the customer's premises (through an integrated access device (IAD), or similar).
Telecom TSO Cost Calculations
(3 documents)
- 2003/04 Telecom - Audit of Certain Inputs to the TSO Cost - 22 September 2004 PDF (455 KB)
- 2003/04 Telecom - The Weighted Average Cost of Capital to be Applied in Calculating the Cost of TSO - 17 September 2004 PDF (292 KB)
- We present our report which provides our estimate of the Weighted Average Cost of Capital ("WACC") applicable to Telecom New Zealand Limited's ("Telecom") obligation under the Telecommunication Service Obligation ("TSO") for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.
- 2003/04 Telecom TSO Cost Calculation PDF (43 KB)
- This letter provides Telecom's calculation of the cost of the TSO for the 2003/04 financial year, as required by section 83 of the Telecommunications Act 2001 ("Act"). I attach a copy of an audit report prepared by KPMG, as required by section 83(b).
Industry Progress Report TSO Determination 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06
(1 documents)
- 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 Industry Progress Report TSO Determinations - 19 September 2005 PDF (32 KB)
- The purpose of this letter is to update you on our progress towards releasing draft
determinations concerning the 2003/04 and 2004/05 TSO proceedings and to provide the opportunity to comment on the matters addressed below.
Submissions on draft liable revenue instructions 2003-04
(3 documents)
- 2003/04 Telecom Proposed Instruction for Collection of Revenue Information for TSO Determination PDF (45 KB)
- I refer to the Commission's email of 14 June 2004 seeking feedback from Telecom and other liable persons on the proposed instructions for the collection of the information necessary to calculate liable revenue for the 2003/04 TSO determination (Proposed Instructions).
- 2003/04 TelstraClear - Proposed Instructions for Collection of Revenue Information for TSO Determination PDF (71 KB)
- We refer to your email to Grant Forsyth, dated 14 June 2005, seeking feedback on the draft Instructions for Collection of Revenue Information for the 2003/04 TSO Determination. With the exception of the matters identified below, TelstraClear agrees with the proposed instructions.
- 2003/04 Vodafone Submission on Proposed Instructions for Collection of Revenue Information for TSO Determination PDF (20 KB)
- We refer to the request for feedback made by the Commerce Commission (the Commission) on 14 June 2005 in relation to the Proposed Instructions for Collection of Revenue Information for the 2003/04 TSO Determination (the Proposed Instructions).
Confidentiality
(9 documents)
- 2003/04 Persons who have signed Deed of Understanding as to Confidentiality for TSO - 17 January 2006 PDF (13 KB)
- 2003/04 Persons who have signed Deed of Undertaking as to Confideniality for TSO - 9 January 2005 PDF (13 KB)
- 2003/04 Persons who have signed Deed of Undertaking as to Confidentiality fo TSO - 30 October 2007 PDF (13 KB)
- 2003/04 Persons who have signed Deed of Undertaking as to Confidentiality for TSO - 20 December 2005 PDF (12 KB)
- 2003/04 Persons who have signed Deed of Undertaking as to Confidentiality for TSO - 20 February 2006 PDF (14 KB)
- 2003/04 Persons who have signed Deed of Undertaking as to Confidentiality for TSO - 6 March 2006 PDF (14 KB)
- 2003/04 Persons who have signed the Deed of Undertaking as to Confidentiality for TSO - 18 January 2007 PDF (15 KB)
- 2003/04 Persons who have signed the Deed of Undertaking as to Confidentiality for TSO - 25 January 2007 PDF (15 KB)
- 2003/2004 TSO Determination under Part 3 of the Telecommunications Act 2001 PDF (151 KB)
- Order made by the Commerce Commission under section 15(i) of the Telecommunications Act 2001 and section 100 of the Commerce Act 1986 and section 9(6) of the Telecommunications Act 2001
Liable Persons who have not signed the Confidentiality Contact List
(1 documents)
- 2006 Contact List of Liable Persons who have not signed the Confidentiality Deed - 30 November 2006 PDF (10 KB)
- Contact List of Liable Persons who have not signed the Confidentiality Deed - 30 November 2006
