Articles tagged with: Commerce Commission and Roaming

Commerce Commission defers decision on national roaming investigation

New Zealand's Commerce Commission says that it is deferring its decision on whether to investigate extending the regulation of the national mobile roaming service to include prices. The Commission has been considering whether there are reasonable grounds to commence an investigation.  more

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Vodafone Signs Tower Sharing Deal with NZ Communications

New Zealand's 3rd mobile operator, NZ Communications says that it has inked a deal with Vodafone to rent space on up to 116 of the rival operator's towers. The company has delayed its launch several times citing problems with securing locations for its base stations, so the move should help accelerate its network rollout.  more

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Further Delays for New Zealand's 3rd Mobile Network

New Zealand's third mobile operator, NZ Communications has again delayed its network launch - this time until late next year. The operator's most recent plan was to launch its network this coming October, but a report in the Business Day newspaper said that the company has only built 50 of the required 400 base stations it needs to launch services.  more

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New Zealand Mobile Costs Too High by International Standards

New Zealand's Commerce Commission has released its 2007 telecommunications monitoring report analysing the state of New Zealand telecoms markets. The report also benchmarks the performance of the New Zealand telecommunications markets against OECD data.  more

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