Beware hidden costs of rulings: Wireless firm
Walker Wireless managing director Bob Smith has expressed concern about the hidden costs of getting a determination from the telecommunications commissioner.
Walker Wireless managing director Bob Smith has expressed concern about the hidden costs of getting a determination from the telecommunications commissioner.
“I’m aware of the power of negotiation”
Incumbents worldwide have adopted the same tactics: "delay, delay, delay"
Telecommunications Bill is a "sledgehammer"
The Commerce Commission has released a discussion paper on the role of the commission in the telecommunications environment following the enactment of the new Telecommunications Act.
It seems to me that the rate of acceleration in the IT world is matched only by the phenomenal rate at which Christmas arrives each year.
"It won't be a job for the faint-hearted"
Douglas Webb was a partner at law firm Watts and Patterson, which subsequently became Rudd Watts and Stone, for 16 years from 1970, working in the commercial law field. His work included advising Clear during its negotiations with Telecom over the companies' interconnection agreement.
Douglas Webb has been appointed as New Zealand's first telecommunications commissioner.
New Zealand's first telecommunications commissioner, who will be responsible for overseeing the country's new telco regime, will be named by the end of this week.
The interview process is finished, but the Telecommunications Bill — which legislates into existence the job of telecomms commissioner — is unlikely to be passed for at least another few weeks and possibly not until December.
Closing date for submission of proposals is October 5
The field of potential candidates for the position of telecommunications commissioner has been narrowed down to a short list, says Lilias Bell, principal of Bell McCaw Bampfylde, the recruitment agency charged with finding the right person for the job.