Telecommunications Resources
The complete list of current Telecommunications resources available as PDF downloads.
Market Monitoring
Monitoring reports on various indicators of competition in and performance of telecommunications markets.
Telecom Separation and Information Disclosure
In December 2006 the Government passed a number of amendments to the Telecommunications Act, which included requirements for the operational and accounting separation of Telecom New Zealand.
Converged Networks
The Commission may conduct inquires, reviews and studies (including international benchmarking) into any matter relating to the telecommunications industry or the long term benefit of tend users of telecommunications services within New Zealand.
Defining Scope of Regulation
The Commission may, on its own initiative or if requested to do so by the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, commence an investigation into whether any new telecommunications services should be regulated under the Act or whether any currently regulated services should be altered.
Telecommunications Service Obligations
Telecommunications Service Obligations are entered into in order to facilitate the supply of certain telecommunications services that may not otherwise be supplied on a commercial basis, or at a price that is considered by the Minister of Communications to be affordable to the affected end-users.
Interconnection
Access determinations and pricing reviews related to the designated interconnection services.
Numbering
Local and cellular telephone number portability are both regulated services under the Telecommunications Act 2001.
Standard Terms Determinations
The Telecommunications Amendment Act (no 2) 2006 enables the Commission to make, as an alternative to bilateral access determinations, a determination on which a designated access or specified service must be supplied with reference to all access seekers and access providers of the service.
Industry Codes
Under Schedule 2 of the Act, the Telecommunications Industry Forum (currently the Telecommunications Carriers' Forum) may submit draft telecommunications access codes to the Commission for approval.
