December 2004
Telecommunications Act - ihug withdraws application
23 December 2004
ihug Limited has withdrawn its application to the Commerce Commission for regulated access to bitstream under the Telecommunications Act 2001. Telecom and ihug have agreed terms for access to Telecom's commercial bitstream service.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Commission releases draft determination on number portability cost allocation
6 December 2004
The Commerce Commission today released a draft determination dealing with the allocation of costs for the provision of local and cellular telephone number portability among the telecommunications industry.Relates to: Telecommunications
Commerce Commission to investigate TelstraClear application for resale of virtual private network services
3 December 2004
The Commerce Commission has announced it will investigate an application from TelstraClear for a determination of the terms for the wholesaling of business services offered by Telecom New Zealand Limited.
Relates to: Telecommunications
November 2004
Telecommunications Act: Commission will not investigate the regulation of mobile origination for toll-free calls
29 November 2004
The Commerce Commission has decided not to investigate the regulation of mobile origination services under the Telecommunications Act.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Commission to investigate TelstraClear and ihug applications for bitstream
26 November 2004
The Commission has announced it will investigate two separate applications from TelstraClear Limited and ihug Limited for access to regulated bitstream under the Telecommunications Act.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Telecommunications Act: Commission receives second application for access to regulated bitstream service
9 November 2004
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Ihug Limited for an access determination under the Telecommunications Act 2001 in relation to the provision of bitstream by Telecom New Zealand Limited.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Telecommunications Act: Broadband monitoring
5 November 2004
The Commerce Commission has completed the first quarter of its monitoring of uptake of residential broadband services provided or supported by Telecom New Zealand Limited.
Relates to: Telecommunications
TelstraClear applies for access to regulated bitstream services and the resale of select business services
5 November 2004
The Commission yesterday received two applications from TelstraClear Limited for access determinations under the Telecommunications Act 2001. One application relates to the provision of bitstream, and the other application relates to the resale of Telecom retail services providing virtual private network, remote access and managed Internet services to business customers.
Relates to: Telecommunications
October 2004
Telecommunications Act: Commission releases its draft report on mobile termination
18 October 2004
The Commerce Commission's draft report on mobile termination released today provisionally recommends that the termination of voice calls on a cellular mobile telephone network should be regulated. However the report does not recommend regulation of third generation (3G) mobile services. A copy of the Commission's draft report is available on www.comcom.govt.nz (select Telecommunications investigations).
Relates to: Telecommunications
Telecommunications Carriers' Forum Submits Draft Co-location Code to Commission for Approval
14 October 2004
The Telecommunications Carriers' Forum has submitted its first draft code to the Commerce Commission for approval under the Telecommunications Act.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Telecommunications Act: Telecom meeting commitment on Unbundled Partial Circuits
8 October 2004
The Commerce Commission is satisfied that Telecom is meeting its commitment to offer its Unbundled Partial Circuits (UPCs) consistent with internationally benchmarked cost based pricing and therefore does not consider it necessary at this time to launch a further Schedule 3 investigation into unbundling the fixed Public Data Network
Relates to: Telecommunications
Telecommunications Act: Commerce Commission assessing Telecom's compliance information
1 October 2004
The Commerce Commission is analysing information received from Telecom New Zealand Limited as the Commission carries out its annual assessment of Telecom's performance in complying with the telecommunications service obligations (TSO) instrument.
Relates to: Telecommunications
September 2004
Telecommunications Act: Commission holds TSO conference
20 September 2004
The Commerce Commission will hold a four day conference from tomorrow on its draft determination on the calculation of Telecom New Zealand Limited's net cost of complying with its telecommunication service obligations (TSO).
Relates to: Telecommunications
Telecommunications Act: Commission clarifies interaction between commercial and regulated bitstream services
10 September 2004
The Commission has today released a statement on the interaction between the regulated bitstream service under the Telecommunications Act, and Telecom's own commercial bitstream service.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Telecommunications Act: Commission releases final benchmarking report on Unbundled Partial Circuits
3 September 2004
The Commerce Commission today released its final benchmark report on Unbundled Partial Circuits (UPCs) following public consultation. This report relates to Telecom New Zealand Limited's commitment to the Commission in June 2004 to introduce cost-based pricing for the UPC service by 30 September 2004.
Relates to: Telecommunications
August 2004
Telecom clarifies its commercial bitstream service offer
25 August 2004
The Commerce Commission has received additional information from Telecom New Zealand Limited on the characteristics of its commercial bitstream service.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Current UBS not the service recommended by the Commission
16 August 2004
The Commerce Commission is advising businesses that the Unbundled Bitstream Service (UBS) currently being offered commercially by Telecom New Zealand differs significantly from the regulated bitstream service, recommended by the Commission in its unbundling report to the Minister of Communications, and due to come into force shortly.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Commission releases draft benchmarking study on Unbundled Partial Circuits
5 August 2004
The Commerce Commission has today released a draft benchmarking report prepared by Covec Limited on Unbundled Partial Circuits (UPCs) for public consultation.
Relates to: Telecommunications
July 2004
TelstraClear and Telecom apply to Commission for Residential Wholesale Pricing Review
5 July 2004
TelstraClear Limited and Telecom New Zealand Limited have independently applied to the Commerce Commission for a pricing review of the Commission's residential wholesale determination (Decision 525) under section 42 of the Telecommunications Act 2001.
Relates to: Telecommunications
June 2004
Telecommunications Act: Commerce Commission releases draft TSO cost calculation
30 June 2004
The Commerce Commission has released its draft determination on the calculation of Telecom New Zealand Limited's net cost of complying with its telecommunication service obligations (TSO) for the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 (the end of Telecom's financial year). The Commission has calculated the cost for that period to be $62.6 million.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Telecommunications Commissioner delivers speech to 5th Annual Telecommunications Summit
28 June 2004
In an address to the 5th Annual Telecommunications Summit this morning, Telecommunications Commissioner Douglas Webb spoke of changes to the marketplace since 2001 - including recent undertakings by Telecom to offer cost-based prices for data tails - and put to industry participants that competitive innovation, efficiency, product range and customer choice will increasingly decide the outcome for their businesses.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Commission accepts undertaking from Telecom on data tails
28 June 2004
The Commerce Commission has accepted Telecom's undertaking to supply data tails at cost-based prices.
The Commission has monitored the evolution of Telecom's commercial data tails proposal since its December 2003 recommendation on unbundling to the Minister of Communications.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Commission releases mobile termination issues paper
21 June 2004
The Commerce Commission today released an issues paper to begin public consultation on its investigation into whether or not mobile phone call termination rates should be regulated.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Telecommunications Act: Residential Wholesale determination delivers choice for residential customers
17 June 2004
The Commerce Commission today released its final determination relating to the supply of residential services on a wholesale basis between Telecom New Zealand Limited and TelstraClear Limited under the Telecommunications Act 2001.
Relates to: Telecommunications
May 2004
Telecommunications Act: Residential Wholesale Conference Details
20 May 2004
The Commerce Commission will hold a two-day conference on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 May, on its draft determination relating to wholesale access to Telecom New Zealand's residential services by TelstraClear Limited.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Telecommunications Act: Update on Investigation into Regulating Mobile Termination Rates
13 May 2004
The Commerce Commission's investigation into whether or not mobile phone call termination rates should be regulated has now formally commenced, with the Commission's decision to investigate under Schedule 3 of the Telecommunications Act 2001 published in today's New Zealand Gazette.
Relates to: Telecommunications
April 2004
Telecommunications Act: Commission to investigate mobile termination rates
29 April 2004
The Commerce Commission today announced it will undertake an investigation into whether or not mobile phone call termination rates should be regulated.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Telecommunications Act: draft report on residential wholesale released after successful negotiation by parties
16 April 2004
The Commerce Commission's today released its draft determination relating to wholesale access to Telecom New Zealand's residential services by TelstraClear Limited. The parties have successfully negotiated key elements relating to access of certain residential wholesale services.
Relates to: Telecommunications
March 2004
Commission commences court action against Telecom on pricing of access to data tails
25 March 2004
The Commerce Commission has filed High Court proceedings under the Commerce Act against Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited and Telecom New Zealand Limited alleging that Telecom has misused its market power, and continues to do so, to prevent or deter competition in markets involving high speed data transmission. That alleged behaviour includes Telecom setting retail prices lower than wholesale prices for a particular product.
Relates to: Telecommunications
February 2004
Telecommunications Act:Commission releases principles paper on implementation of a TSLRIC Pricing Methodology
20 February 2004
The Commerce Commission today released a principles paper on the implementation of a Total Service Long Run Incremental Cost (TSLRIC) Pricing Methodology for Access Determinations under the Telecommunications Act 2001.
Relates to: Telecommunications
