On 12 February 2007, the Commerce Commission, pursuant to section 15 of the Network Terms for Local and Mobile Number Portability in New Zealand (“Network Terms”), approved an exemption to clause 14.2.1 of the Network Terms for Telecom New Zealand Limited (“Telecom”).
The Network Terms are part of Commission Decision
554 on the multi-party application for determination
of “local telephone number portability service” and
“cellular telephone number portability service” designated multinetwork services, dated 31 August 2005, pursuant to section 39 of the Telecommunications Act 2001 (“the Act”), in the matter of an application for determination for designated multinetwork services under section 31 of the Act.
Clause 14.2.1 of the Network Terms requires that the increase in post dial delay introduced by the local number portability equivalent services offered by participating carriers be of not more than 1 second compared with similar calls to non-ported numbers in 99.99% of all call cases.
The Commission has granted Telecom an exemption from clause 14.2.1 of the Network Terms for the two call scenarios specified in Telecom’s application for exemption.
The period for which the exemption applies is between
1 April 2007 and 31 December 2012.
A copy of the exemption is available on the Commission’s website at
http://www.comcom.govt.nz//IndustryRegulation/Telecommunications/NumberPortablility/ContentFiles/Documents/Letter%20to%20TCF%20approving%20the%20Telecom%20exemption%20to%20clause%2014_2_1%20of%20the%20Network%20Terms.pdf
Dated at Wellington this 12th day of February 2007.
COMMERCE COMMISSION.