April 2007
Standard terms initiated for local loop and bitstream backhaul services
30 April 2007
The Commerce Commission has today initiated the processes for determining standard terms of access for the backhaul services supporting Telecom's unbundled copper local loop and bitstream services.Relates to: Telecommunications
Warehouse acquisition clearance applications: date extension
27 April 2007
A further extension has been agreed to the due date for two clearance decisions relating to The Warehouse.Relates to:
Company fined for Made in NZ Commonwealth Games uniforms that were made in China
23 April 2007
Sports Resources Ltd was fined $23,750 in the Auckland District Court today after pleading guilty to two charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act. Company Director Anthony Botica was also convicted and discharged.Relates to:
Settlement reached over dinner deal at the Hermitage
18 April 2007
The Commerce Commission has reached a settlement with Aoraki Mount Cook Alpine Village Ltd, which owns the Hermitage Hotel at Mount Cook.Relates to: Business Competition
Commission publishes first quarterly report on telecommunications markets
16 April 2007
The Commission has published its first regular monitoring report on telecommunications markets in New Zealand. Recent amendments to the Telecommunications Act have explicitly empowered the Commerce Commission to monitor the performance of telecommunications markets and report on this work.Relates to: Telecommunications
Next step underway for local loop co-location access
16 April 2007
The Commerce Commission today issued a notice requiring Telecom to submit a standard terms proposal for the unbundled copper local loop (LLU) co-location service. The notice requires Telecom to specify the non-price terms and conditions on which it proposes to provide a co-location service to other operators.Relates to: Telecommunications
Warning: Fair Guide update form may mislead
11 April 2007
New Zealanders are being warned about an Austrian company that is sending forms asking organisations to update their listing on the company's website "Fair Guide." The company targets organisations participating in trade fairs.Relates to: Fair Trading
Carter Holt Harvey executive fined over false timber labelling
10 April 2007
Retired Carter Holt Harvey executive Maurice Reid has been fined $20,000 for breaching the Fair Trading Act in the Auckland District Court today.Relates to: Fair Trading
Next step underway for bitstream and local loop access
4 April 2007
The Commerce Commission today issued notices requiring Telecom to submit standard terms proposals for the unbundled local loop and bitstream access services. The notices require Telecom to specify the non-price terms and conditions on which it proposes to provide access to these services to other operators.Relates to: Telecommunications
Commerce Act / Telecommunications Act interrelationship: discussion paper released for comment
3 April 2007
The Commerce Commission has released for comment a discussion paper giving its preliminary view on the interrelationship between Part 2 of the Commerce Act and the Telecommunications Act.Relates to: Telecommunications
Number portability makes it easy to change phone providers
3 April 2007
Number portability introduced on 1 April means telephone users switching companies are now able to keep the same phone number.Relates to: Telecommunications
