Posts Tagged ‘competition’
Mobile termination in line for regulation
Published by www.tvnz.co.nz | June 30, 2009
The Commerce Commission says mobile termination prices are significantly above cost and it is recommending they be regulated.
Mobile termination prices are the wholesale charges mobile phone companies charge each other for ending calls or texts from other fixed or mobile networks.
In its draft report, the commission says above-cost wholesale charges are likely to limit the ability of a new entrant mobile phone companies.
Based on…
Tags: 2degrees, Commerce Commission, competition
Welcome to 2degrees mobile
Why New Zealand needs 2degrees to start some real competition
Almost everyone in New Zealand has a mobile phone and many have two. However, you use your phone far less than almost anywhere else in the world, and that’s because it’s just too expensive to call.
You have told us you are sick and tired of being locked into lengthy contracts and being stung with high prices to call friends on competing…
Tags: competition, Eric Hertz, expensive, value
XT pricing revealed: Two Degrees boss says it doesn’t hold a candle to Singapore
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Published by the National Business Review
By Chris Keall | 28 May 2009
Telecom’s XT plans are innovative in some respects, such their single price for on-net and off-net calls. But in pricing, they stay close to Vodafone. Two Degrees’ boss says they should be much, much cheaper. So will our third mobile operator go lower? Well, there’s a catch …
Two Degrees chief executive Mike Reynolds says he’s underwhelmed by Telecom’s XT…
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