On 16 March 2012, under section 30R of the Telecommunications Act 2001 ("Act"), the Commerce Commission ("Commission") commenced a review of
the standard terms determinations for the designated services Chorus’s unbundled copper local loop network (telephone exchange to interconnect point) ("UCLL Backhaul"), and Chorus’s unbundled bitstream access backhaul ("UBA Backhaul").
The purpose of the review was to determine on which
parts of Chorus’s network that Chorus must supply the UCLL Backhaul or UBA Backhaul service in response to
an access seeker.
On 31 May 2012, the Commission gave notice of an amendment to the scope of the review to include the Unbundled Copper Low Frequency Backhaul Service ("UCLF Backhaul") because one of the standard terms determinations under review covered both the UCLL Backhaul and UCLF Backhaul services.
On 5 July 2012, the Commission released its draft decision for the backhaul review.
Submissions were received on the draft decision by those participating in the backhaul review.
On 5 October 2012, the Commission released its final decision in relation to the review of the UCLL Backhaul, UCLF Backhaul and UBA Backhaul Services.
A copy of the decision on this can be found on the Commission’s website at
www.comcom.govt.nz/competition-reviews-for-uba-backhaul-and-ucll-backhaul-markets/
Date of Decision: 5 October 2012.
COMMERCE COMMISSION.