Initial Pricing Principle for Bundles
On 27 February 2003, the Commission gave public notice of its decision to investigate whether the Initial Pricing Principle (IPP) for bundles of retail services offered by means of Telecom's fixed telecommunications network should be amended. This is a designated service under the Telecommunications Act 2001. The review follows a request from the Minister of Communications on 30 January 2003 to commence an investigation.
The Commission published a draft report on this issue on 1 May 2003 and received submissions and cross submissions on this draft report. The Commission gave its recommendation in a final report to the Minister of Communications on 14 August 2003.
On 21 October 2003 the Minister announced that he had accepted the Commission recommendation that the IPP be altered as described in the final report. The Minister's Media Statement is available here.
The amendment to the Telecommunications Act was made on 8 December 2003 and came into force in January 2004.
