On 1 October 2009, the Commerce Commission ("Commission") gave public notice that it was commencing an investigation ("the investigation"), under Schedule 3 of the Telecommunications Act 2001 ("the Act"), into whether each of the following designated access services ("Resale Services") should be omitted from Subpart 1, Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act, or alternatively whether the following designated access services in Subpart 1, Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act should be amended in some form:
(a) Retail services offered by means of Telecom’s fixed telecommunications network;
(b) residential local access and calling service offered by means of Telecom’s fixed telecommunications network;
(c) bundle of retail services offered by means of Telecom’s fixed telecommunications network; and
(d) retail services offered by means of Telecom’s fixed telecommunications network as part of bundle of retail services.
On 26 August 2010, the Commission released its draft report on the investigation into the Resale Services. The Commission’s draft report is available on the Commission’s website
http://www.comcom.govt.nz/resale-services-investigation/
The closing date for submissions on the draft report
is 23 September 2010 and cross-submissions are due on
8 October 2010.
The Commission will hold a conference on the draft report on 20 October 2010.
Date of Notice: 26 August 2010.
COMMERCE COMMISSION.