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 Service ("Decision 611").
On 11 April 2008, Decision 611 was amended by Decision 636 and on 5 June 2008, Decision 611 was amended by Decision 644.
On 22 April 2009, Decision 611 was amended by Decision 671 and on 23 July 2009, Decision 611 was amended by Decision 679.
On 21 December 2009, Decision 611 was amended further by Decision 688.
Decision 688 amended Decision 611 by including:
- Further explanation in the Price List of Decision 611 relating to the service components for new connection charges (commonly referred to as the early termination charge) and relinquishment of the Unbundled Bitstream Access (UBA) Service;
- an amendment clarifying that the early termination charge is calculated before any pro-rating; and
- a new process for Telecom (Wholesale) to calculate a quarterly early termination charge adjustment.
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 688 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/ContentFiles/Documents/Final%20UBA%20STD%20Clarification%20Decision%20688%20-%20Early%20Termination%20Charge.pdf
Date of Clarification: 21 December 2009.
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