Posts Tagged ‘Anita Mazzoleni’
2degrees welcomes Minister’s call for reconsideration of mobile termination fees
2degrees welcomes the announcement today by the Minister for Telecommunications, Steven Joyce, that the Commerce Commission should reconsider its recommendation to impose above cost Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs) in light of recent market changes.
MTRs are the ‘toll charges’ paid by telephone companies to connect calls to mobile networks, and New Zealand has some of the most expensive in the world. The Commerce Commission’s investigation into the possible regulation of MTRs…
Tags: 2degrees, Anita Mazzoleni, OfCom, Steven Joyce, Vodafone
Decision extends suffering for New Zealand mobile users
Today is a very disappointing day for New Zealand mobile users. After much delay, the Commerce Commission appears to have squandered a golden opportunity to finally bring New Zealand mobile prices into line with the rest of the developed world.
Tags: 2degrees, Anita Mazzoleni, competition, mobile, MTR, Telecom, Vodafone
Vodafone, Telecom given last chance to cut mobile rates
Published by www.stuff.co.nz
By Tom Pullar-Strecker | September 7, 2009
Vodafone and Telecom have been given less than a month to voluntarily slash the charges they impose on carriers to route calls and texts to mobile phones, before the Commerce Commission recommends the Government does it for them.
Arguments over whether Vodafone should be allowed to make an 11th-hour bid to try to stave off the regulation of mobile termination charges were the…
Media focuses on consumer effects of Mobile Termination Rates Ripoff
By Bryony Hilless - Head of Corporate Communications, 2degrees
Since the Commerce Commission released its Draft Recommendations on Mobile Termination Rates on Tuesday, the media has swarmed on the issue, recognising the harmful effects of MTRs on consumers.
Once considered a technical industry issue, ordinary Kiwis are now quickly grasping the fact that the current MTR setup results in a cosy co-subsidy arrangement for Vodafone and Telecom. The effect of this is…
Regulator takes swipe at mobile termination rates
Published by www.nzherald.co.nz
By Tamsyn Parker | July 1, 2009
The Commerce Commission says the price phone companies charge rivals to access their mobile networks should be regulated because it is “significantly above cost”.
The commission yesterday released its draft report into mobile termination prices - the wholesale costs mobile phone companies charge for receiving calls or text messages from other landlines or mobile networks.
It has recommended regulation of the wholesale rates rather…
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