Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Work smarter with a Pro licence Learn More

Video | Agriculture | Confidence | Economy | Energy | Employment | Finance | Media | Property | RBNZ | Science | SOEs | Tax | Technology | Telecoms | Tourism | Transport | Search

 

Backdating prices for Chorus’ copper lines and broadband

Commission publishes emerging view on backdating prices for Chorus’ copper lines and broadband service

The Commerce Commission has today published its emerging view on backdating the final prices that Chorus charges for its local copper lines and broadband service.

The Commission’s current view is that once the final prices for the unbundled copper local loop (UCLL) and unbundled bitstream access service (UBA) are determined, they should be backdated to 1 December 2014, but not earlier.

“Backdating is an important issue to us and the industry. We are publishing our emerging view on backdating now to provide as much certainty to the market as possible,” said Dr Stephen Gale, Telecommunications Commissioner.

The Commission is now consulting on the backdating issue and is welcoming submissions from interested parties.

The Commission has also published an updated process and timeframes for the remainder of the pricing reviews.

All industry parties asked the Commission for an extension to submit on the draft decisions published earlier in December. Due to these requests and the complexity of the wide range of issues being consulted on, the Commission has extended the deadline for submissions to 20 February 2015. The deadline for cross-submissions is now 20 March 2015.

“We appreciate that there is a large volume of complex information for submitters to review so we have agreed to a four week extension to the consultation period. This has a flow-on effect for the conference, which will now be held in April 2015,” said Dr Gale.

Advertisement - scroll to continue reading

Are you getting our free newsletter?

Subscribe to Scoop’s 'The Catch Up' our free weekly newsletter sent to your inbox every Monday with stories from across our network.

“We are also consolidating the various pieces of work relating to the pricing reviews, so are now planning to produce a full package of information including draft monthly UCLL and UBA charges, non-recurring charges and backdating in a further draft decision in May 2015. This means another round of consultation to ensure all interested parties have the opportunity to provide some final input,” said Dr Gale.

The Commission is now expecting to make its final decisions on UCLL and UBA pricing, non-recurring charges and backdating in September 2015.

You can find the draft backdating paper and process update on the Commission’s website:www.comcom.govt.nz/unbundled-copper-local-loop-and-unbundled-bitstream-access-services-final-pricing-principle


ends

© Scoop Media

Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
 
 
 
Business Headlines | Sci-Tech Headlines

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Join Our Free Newsletter

Subscribe to Scoop’s 'The Catch Up' our free weekly newsletter sent to your inbox every Monday with stories from across our network.