Pursuant to section 52 of the Legislation Act 2012, the Chief Executive, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment gives the following notice.

The Telecommunications (Regulated Fibre Services) Regulations 2021 were made on 13 September 2021 and incorporate the documents and technical standards set out below:

• Chorus UFB Services Agreement (Service Description for Bitstream 2 Accelerate) Reference Offer dated June 2017
  • Available here: https://company.chorus.co.nz/sites/default/files/downloads/.pdf
• Chorus UFB Services Agreement (Service Description for Baseband) Reference Offer dated June 2017
  • Available here: https://company.chorus.co.nz/sites/default/files/downloads.pdf
• Chorus UFB Services Agreement Direct Fibre Access Services (Service Description for Direct Fibre Access Service) Reference Offer dated April 2021
  • Available here: https://sp.chorus.co.nz/system/files/resources_files/chorus-direct-fibre-access-services-service-description
• Chorus UFB Services Agreement (Service Level Terms for Bitstream Services) Reference Offer dated October 2020
  • Available here: https://company.chorus.co.nz/node/523
• Chorus UFB Services Agreement Fibre Access Services (layer 1) (Service Level Terms for Fibre Access Services (layer 1)) Reference Offer dated October 2020
  • Available here: https://company.chorus.co.nz/node/523
• Chorus UFB Services Agreement (General Terms) dated December 2012
  • Available here:https://company.chorus.co.nz/sites/default/files/downloads.pdf
• Chorus UFB Services Agreement (Operations Manual for Bitstream Services) Reference Offer dated July 2021
  • Available here: https://sp.chorus.co.nz/system/files/resources_files/chorus-bitstream-operations-manual-2020-07.pdf
• Chorus UFB Services Agreement Direct Fibre Access Services (layer 1) (Operations Manual for Direct Fibre Access Services (layer 1)) Reference Offer dated October 2020
  • Available here: https://company.chorus.co.nz/node/523
• Notice of specified points of interconnection under section 231 of the Act dated 19 December 2019 (Commerce Commission)
  • Available here: https://comcom.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0035/196991/Notice-of-specified-points-of-interconnection.PDF
• TCF UFB Ethernet Access Service Description (v 33)
  • Available here: https://www.tcf.org.nz/industry/standards-compliance/infrastructure-connections/
• IEC 61754-4: Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Fibre optic connector interfaces – Part 4: Type SC connector family (2013)
  • Available here: https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/5843
• IEC 61754-20: Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Fibre optic connector interfaces – Part 20: Type LC connector family (2012)
  • Available here: https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/5827
• IEEE 802.3: IEEE Standard for Ethernet (2018)
  • Available here: https://standards.ieee.org/standard/802_3-2018.html
• ITU-T G.652: Characteristics of a single-mode optical fibre and cable (November 2016)
  • Available here: https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-G.652-201611-I/en
• ITU-T G.657: Characteristics of a bending-loss insensitive single-mode optical fibre and cable (November 2016)
  • Available here: https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-G.657-201611-I/en
• ITU-T G.984: ITU-T G.984 Umbrella Standard (2010)
  • Available here: https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-G/
• ITU-T L.41: Maintenance wavelength on fibres carrying signals (May 2000)
  • Available here: https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-L.41-200005-I
• ND0556: Optical Fibre – Layer 1 Network Test Plan – Volumes 1–3 (December 2016)
  Internal Chorus document. To request to view this document, please contact: CommunicationsPolicy@mbie.govt.nz.
• ITU-T G.711a: ITU-T G.711 Pulse code modulation (PCM) of voice frequencies (2000)
  • Available here: https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-G/
• PTC 220: Requirements for Private Voice Networks connected to the PSTN/ISDN/ VoIP public networks (July 2019)
  • Available here: http://www.telepermit.co.nz/PTC220_July_30_2019.pdf
• RFC 4733: RTP Payload for DTMF Digits, Telephony Tones and Telephony Signals (December 2006)
  • Available here: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4733
• RFC 3261: SIP: Session Initiation Protocol (June 2002)
  • Available here: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3261
• TNA 102: Characteristics of the Spark Analogue Telephone Network Customer Interface (August 2019)
  • Available here: http://www.telepermit.co.nz/TNA%20102_August_2019.pdf

The standards are available for inspection, at no charge, between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm from Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment office located at 25 The Terrace, Wellington 6011.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of September 2021.

CAROLYN TREMAIN, Chief Executive, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.