Point-to-point, Transport and Co-location services deregulation review
Section 210 of the Act provides for the Commission to consider whether continued regulation of FFLAS still benefits end-users, or whether competition has increased to a point where regulation is no longer necessary.
In December 2024, we found there were reasonable grounds to consider the deregulation of four FFLAS:
- Voice
- Point-to-point (in non-Chorus LFC areas)
- Transport
- Co-location and interconnection (in non-Chorus LFC areas)
On 31 March 2026, following completion of our investigation into Voice FFLAS, we published our final report recommending that this service be deregulated.
This report sets out our draft recommendation on the remaining three services: Point-to-point, Transport, and Co-location and interconnection.
Our draft view is that Point-to-Point, Transport and Co-location & interconnection services should remain regulated under Part 6 of the Act in order to best give effect to section 162 and 166(2)(b). Current evidence does not demonstrate sufficient competitive constraint to support deregulation.
We are currently consulting on a draft report and expect to deliver a final report to the Minister in December 2026.