The Commerce Commission ("Commission") made standard terms determinations, under section 30M of the Telecommunications Act 2001 ("the Act"), in respect of
the designated access services of:
- Telecom’s unbundled copper local loop network (UCLL) on 7 November 2007 (Decision 609)
- Telecom’s unbundled bitstream access (UBA) on
12 December 2007 (Decision 611)
- Telecom’s unbundled copper local loop network service (Sub-loop UCLL), Telecom’s Unbundled Copper
Loop Network Co-location (Sub-loop Co-location) and Telecom’s Unbundled Copper Local Loop Network Backhaul (Distribution Cabinet to Telephone Exchange) (together the Sub-loop Services) on 18 June 2009 (Decision 672).
Decisions 609, 611 and 672 have since been either clarified or reviewed on a number of occasions.
Section 30R of the Act provides that 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 and requires public notice of the commencement of the review.
The Commission is required to give public notice of the commencement of the review described above under section 30R(5)(b).
On 7 July 2011, the Commission gave public notice that it had commenced a review of the pricing set out in Decisions 609, 611 and 672 for the purpose of implementing clause 4A of subpart 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Act ("clause
4A review").
The Commission gives public notice that it has commenced another review of Decisions 609, 611 and 672 under section 30R of the Act ("benchmarking review") that will include:
- updating the benchmark data set used in Decision 609
to determine the monthly UCLL prices and UCLL connection charges.
- updating prices under Decisions 609, 611 and 672 that are affected by the UCLL benchmark data update.
The Commission is also required to include in the notice the closing day for submissions.
The Commission intends to release a draft decision covering both the clause 4A review and the benchmarking review in relation to Decisions 609 and 611 in late August 2011.
A separate decision will be released at a later date reagrding the clause 4A and benchmarking reviews in relation to Decision 672.
This separate decision will still fall within the scope of the clause 4A review and the benchmarking review.
Submissions on the draft decision will be due on
16 September 2011.
Further information about both the clause 4A review and the benchmarking review is available on the Commission’s website at
www.comcom.govt.nz/review-to-average-ucll-sub-loop-ucll-and-uba-prices
Date Review Launched: 25 August 2011.