The Commerce Commission has released a revised draft report on the unbundled copper local loop (UCLL) backhaul service and a draft report on the unbundled bitstream access (UBA) backhaul service.
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Commerce Commission failed to show Telecom misused its market dominance in a case dating back to 1999.
The Commerce Commission has released a draft report into whether the services that Telecom provides to other telecommunications companies to be resold should remain subject to the Telecommunications Act 2001.
Local Fibre Companies, (LFCs) the public/private partnerships that will be set up to manage the $1.5 billion fibre broadband roll out, will enjoy a 10-year regulatory holiday to get their product pricing in order under the ultra-fast broadband initiative.
Telecom will pay $1.6 million to rivals Vodafone and Orcon following a settlement with the Commerce Commission over its wholesale division’s ‘loyalty offers’.
The Commerce Commission has reached a settlement with Telecom New Zealand Ltd (Telecom) under which Telecom will notify and refund approximately 1300 customers who may have been misled by a broadband promotion it conducted in 2008. Telecom will also contribute to the cost of establishing an internet-based tool which will enable consumers to compare the cost of various telecommunications products.
The Commerce Commission has recommended that the ICT minister Steven Joyce regulate mobile termination access services, and not accept undertakings from Telecom and Vodafone.
The Commerce Commission has released its report on New Zealand broadband quality covering the period 1 July to 31 December 2009. The report examines the quality of broadband services provided by ISPs.
The Commerce Commission won't haul Telecom over the coals for saying that its XT network reached 97 per cent of the population, a claim the company withdrew after finding coverage fell short of expectations.
Telecom is adding another 55 cellsites and installing tower-mounted amplifiers — hi-tech hearing-aids — on 420 of its existing cellsites to improve the reach of the network.
A review by British firm Analysys Mason that was released this month said XT was supposed to provide coverage in at least as many places as the CDMA network that it was designed to replace, but didn't.
The commission's fair trading team looked into Telecom's 97 per cent coverage claim, but found there did not appear to be a breach of the Fair Trading Act, a commission spokeswoman said.
"The commission is not proposing to undertake a full investigation at this stage."
In a draft reconsideration report issued today, the Commerce Commission has indicated that its preliminary view is to recommend to Communications and ICT minister Steven Joyce that he regulate mobile termination access services, and not accept undertakings from Telecom and Vodafone.
Communications Minister Steven Joyce has sent back the Commerce Commission's recommendation to accept Telecom and Vodafone's commercial offers to lower mobile termination rates in lieu of regulation, after the latter telco launched a cheap retail plan for on-net calls.
The Commerce Commission has issued a draft ruling on how Telecom can deliver superfast VDSL services, saying Telecom is allowed to use VDSL to deliver wholesale bitstream services with higher quality specifications than the regulated service, and can offer these services commercially.
Mobile phone users are porting to a new network in record numbers, thanks to three technologically-compatible networks now being in operation in New Zealand.
The Commerce Commission has announced that it will carry out an
Vodafone and Telecom have been given less than a month to voluntarily slash the charges they impose on carriers to route calls and texts to mobile phones, before the Commerce Commission recommends the government does it for them.