Pursuant to section 30R of the Telecommunications
Act 2001 (“the Act”), the Commerce Commission
(“the Commission”) gives public notice of its decision to commence a review under section 30R of the standard terms determination for Telecom’s unbundled copper local loop network backhaul (telephone exchange to interconnect point) service (“UCLL Backhaul STD”).
The review is confined to assessing on which parts of Telecom’s network that Telecom must supply the UCLL Backhaul Service in response to a request of an Access Seeker.
In particular, the section 30R review will review the application of condition (b) of the UCLL Backhaul Service in relation to:
? Primary and Secondary Links assessed in the UCLL Backhaul STD; and
? new Primary Links from the local exchanges that will be assessed for the first time as part of the review under section 30R.
A list of the Primary and Secondary Links that will be subject to the review is set out in Table One and Table Two of the spreadsheets released by the Commission in conjunction with its letter to interested parties dated the
15th day of January 2009.
The closing date for submissions on the questions raised
in the Commission’s document dated the 15th day of January 2009 commencing the review is Friday, 30 January 2009.
Under section 30R(1) of the Act, the Commission may, on its own initiative, commence a review, at any time, of all or any of the terms specified in a standard terms determination.
Material relevant to this review can be found on the Commission’s website at
http://www.comcom.govt.nz/IndustryRegulation/
Telecommunications/StandardTermsDeterminations/UnbundledLocalLoopBackhaulService/DecisionsList.aspx#1044
Date of Decision: 15 January 2009.
COMMERCE COMMISSION.