Fibre services
We are currently working on developing and implementing a new regulatory regime for fibre fixed line access services (FFLAS) under Part 6 of the Telecommunications Act.
The legislation aims to ensure New Zealand has the right regulatory framework for communication networks from 2020, to meet the needs of consumers and businesses, and to help keep the economy growing.
For fibre services, the Act requires us to:
- create input methodologies, which are the upfront rules and processes that apply to the regulation of Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) fibre, to ensure a stable and predictable regulatory framework
- set revenue limits and information disclosure requirements for Chorus and local fibre companies
- deregulate copper lines in areas where fibre and copper compete.
Additionally, the Act allows us to:
- prescribe specified points of interconnection for establishing fibre handover points.
Across telecommunications services more broadly, the Act also requires us to:
- collect and publish information on retail service quality for consumers
- review industry retail service quality codes and industry telecommunications disputes resolution schemes to ensure they are working effectively
- create mandatory Commission retail service quality codes.
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Clarification of the Deeds of the LFC Open Access Undertakings for Fibre Services
The Commission has received a joint application for clarification under section 156AN of the Telecommunications Act 2001 (Act) from the following local fibre companies (LFCs)...Read more -
Setting the 2020/21 fibre input methodologies
We began work on the fibre input methodologies (IMs) in 2018 and first determined the IMs in 2020.Read more -
Fibre services study
In 2018, we published the findings of our study of fibre services in New Zealand.Read more -
Implementation of the new regulatory framework for telecommunications
In November 2018, Parliament amended the Telecommunications Act. The legislation now regulates the new fibre networks being rolled out nationally as part of the $7 billion ultrafast broadband initiative.Read more -
Ultrafast Broadband information disclosure
The 2011 amendments to the Telecommunications Act introduced information disclosure requirements for the companies building the ultrafast broadband fibre network and Chorus's copper network.Read more -
Specified points of interconnection
The Act allows us to specify points of interconnection (POIs) which are places in wholesale networks where responsibility for fibre services is handed over from a fibre provider to other commercial service providers.Read more -
Fibre deregulation reasonable grounds review
Prior to the next regulatory period beginning on 1 January 2025, the Commission must consider whether there are reasonable grounds to start a fibre fixed line access service (FFLAS) deregulation review under s 210(3) of the Act.Read more
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