Mobile Roaming and Co-Location Investigation

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On 16 November 2006, the Commission formally commenced investigations into whether to amend the terms of the roaming services under Schedule 3 of the Telecommunications Act 2001.  

On 10 March 2008, the Commission issued its final recommendation to the Minister for Communications and Information Technology on the regulation of mobile roaming. The Commission recommended that the mobile roaming service not be designated, which means that it will not be subject to price regulation. The Commission also recommended that the definition of the service be amended to make it compatible with modern technology. The Minister accepted the Commission's recommendations, but asked the Commission to consider whether there were grounds to commence a new investigation into the issue in light of new information the Minister had received since the Commission's recommendations were made. On 19 September 2008 the Commission replied to the Minister that it did not consider there to be reasonable grounds to commence an investigation based on the information that had been assessed at that time. The Commission informed the Minister that it would engage with interested parties and seek further information to better inform it on whether there are reasonable grounds to commence an investigation.  

The Commission will reconsider the matter after it has finalised its investigation into whether mobile termination access services (MTAS) should be subject to regulation.

On 15 December 2010, the Commission announced that it will not investigate whether the national mobile roaming service should be extended to include price because there are adequate commercial arrangements in place.