The Commission gathered views and relevant information in order to assist it make a decision whether or not to commence an investigation under Schedule 3 of the Telecommunications Act into the addition of new regulated services required to promote competition in the mobile services market, or the alteration of the existing roaming and co-location services. Following from that, the Commission published a report and subsequently launched Schedule 3 investigations into:
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amending the terms of the national roaming service;
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moving the national roaming service from a specified to a designated service; and
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moving the co-location service from a specified to a designated service.
An undertakings regime was incorporated in the Act via the amendments made on 22 December 2006 which allows a relevant access provider to submit proposed terms and conditions of supply of a service that the Commission is proposing to regulate, as an alternative to regulation. To this end Vodafone made an application for an undertaking for roaming and co-location.