On 12 December 2007, the Commerce Commission ("Commission") made a standard terms determination, under section 30M of the Telecommunications Act 2001 ("the Act"), in respect of the designated access services of Telecom’s Unbundled Bitstream Access ("UBA") Service ("Decision 611") which has been amended by way of clarification under section 58 of the Act on a number
of occasions.
On 4 March 2010, Commission Decision 689 further amended Decision 611 under section 58 of the Act to:
- permit batch processing of service and quarterly pricing adjustments for the UBA Service during a quarter; and
- change the timeframe within which pricing adjustments will be activated in Telecom’s billing systems to reflect current practice.
Pursuant to section 58(2) of the Act, the Commission is required to give public notice that it has amended Decision 611 for the purposes of making a clarification under section 58(1) of the Act.
Decision 689 sets out the amendments made to Decision 611 and a copy of the clarification is available on the Commission’s website at
http://www.comcom.govt.nz/IndustryRegulation/Telecommunications/StandardTermsDeterminations/UnbundledLocalLoopService/DecisionsList.aspx#1357
Date of Decision: 4 March 2010.
COMMERCE COMMISSION.