The Commerce Commission ("Commission") gives public notice, under section 44 of the Telecommunications Act 2001 ("Act"), that it has received applications for a review
of the prices set for the regulated service Chorus' unbundled bitstream access ("UBA") under section 43 of the Act.
The prices for this service are regulated by the Commission's Standard Terms Determination for the designated service Chorus' unbundled bitstream access (Commerce Commission Decision 61, 12 December 2007) ("UBA STD").
On 5 November 2012, the Commission released its Final determination to amend the price payable for the regulated service Chorus' unbundled bitstream access made under s 30R of the Telecommunications Act 2001 [2013] NZCC 20.
In that decision, the Commission set prices for the basic UBA service and the enhanced UBA variants, and other core charges, to come into effect from 1 December 2014.
A copy of the decision can be found on the Commission's website at
www.comcom.govt.nz/regulated-industries/telecommuni
cations/standard-terms-determinations/unbundled-bit
stream-access-service/section-30r-reviews-of-uba-std/
uba-benchmarking-review/
The Commission has received five applications from parties for a pricing review for the above-mentioned determination.
The parties are CallPlus Limited, Chorus New Zealand Limited, Orcon Limited, Telecom New Zealand Limited and Vodafone New Zealand Limited.
Parties are requested to comment on the matter by written notice to the Commission no later than 10 working days after receipt of this notification.
Dated this 16th day of January 2014.
COMMERCE COMMISSION.