The Commerce Commission (“Commission”) gives notice that it has commenced a review of the Mobile Termination Access Service Standard Terms Determination under section 30R of the Telecommunications Act 2001 (“Act”).

Under section 30R(1) of the Act, 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.

This review is limited to considering whether to omit or amend the monitoring requirements set out in the Standard Terms Determination for the designated services of the mobile termination access services (MTAS) fixed-to-mobile voice (FTM), mobile-to-mobile voice (MTM) and short messaging services (SMS) (Commerce Commission Decision 724, 5 May 2011).

The Commission’s draft decision can be found on the Commission’s website:

www.comcom.govt.nz/regulated-industries/telecommunications/regulated-services/standard-terms-determinations/mobile-termination-access-service/

Submissions on the draft determination are due by 5 February 2016.

Date of Notice: 7 January 2016.

COMMERCE COMMISSION.