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Revised Undertakings From Telecom
Thursday, 11 February 2010, 9:38 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has been informed by Telecom that they will be providing revised undertakings in relation to the Commission’s investigation into mobile termination rates. More >>
Retailer warned over voucher promotion
Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 12:38 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is reminding retailers that, when offering free gifts or prizes, they should ensure that the fine print does not materially alter the terms of the offer. This is particularly the case when the information would be critical ... More >>
Commission Issues Warning To Online Seller
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 10:57 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has issued a formal warning under the Commerce Act to Ernie Travers of Massey, Auckland, a Trade Me seller who, in the Commission’s view, attempted to fix prices for LED bicycle lights with another online seller. More >>
Refund Process For Text To Win Competitions
Friday, 15 January 2010, 4:03 pm | Commerce Commission
A company that ran a series of text to win trivia competitions is offering refunds to consumers who participated in the competitions. More >>
Insurance co to refund over partial payments
Thursday, 14 January 2010, 12:02 pm | Commerce Commission
A company which provides payment protection insurance has admitted a possible breach of the Fair Trading Act and will pay affected consumers about $37,000 in an out of court settlement with the Commerce Commission. More >>
CommComm watching retailer credit card surcharges
Tuesday, 12 January 2010, 4:10 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is taking a close interest in the surcharges some retailers have introduced this week for consumers paying by credit card and will continue to monitor developments. The surcharges have come about following changes introduced ... More >>
Telecom admits breaching Fair Trading Act
Tuesday, 12 January 2010, 9:37 am | Commerce Commission
In a settlement with the Commerce Commission, Telecom New Zealand Limited and Xtra Limited (Telecom) has admitted breaching the Fair Trading Act by misleading more than 130,000 broadband customers. In 1999 Telecom introduced a broadband internet ... More >>
Emerging views on input methodologies released
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 11:08 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released papers detailing the Commission’s emerging views on input methodologies for electricity distribution services, gas pipeline services and specified airport services supplied by Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch ... More >>
Flight Centre warned over advertising and promotio
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 11:55 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has warned a travel agency that some of its advertising and promotions of travel deals risk breaching the Fair Trading Act. The Commission has issued warnings in relation to Flight Centre New Zealand’s advertising between ... More >>
Draft guidance on Telecom’s non-discrimination
Monday, 21 December 2009, 10:30 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today released a paper which sets out the Commission’s draft guidance on Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited’s non-discrimination obligations under the Telecom Separation Undertakings. The Commission is seeking ... More >>
CommComm: Telecom’s regulatory financial reporting
Friday, 18 December 2009, 11:33 am | Commerce Commission
Telecom New Zealand Limited today released its first set of audited regulatory financial statements for the financial year ending 30 June 2009. Under the Telecommunications Act Telecom must publish financial and other information about its retail, wholesale ... More >>
Comm Comm: final mobile termination undertakings
Friday, 18 December 2009, 11:27 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released further revised undertakings received in relation to mobile termination access services from Telecom and Vodafone, and correspondence from 2degrees withdrawing all of their earlier undertakings. The Commission will ... More >>
Commerce Commission Closes Investigation
Friday, 18 December 2009, 9:57 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has closed an investigation into a potential breach of a confidentiality order. The investigation followed the disclosure in the Independent and the National Business Review in August 2009 of details of a confidential commercial ... More >>
Holiday voucher company pleads guilty to breaches
Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 5:06 pm | Commerce Commission
Discount Premium Holidays Limited, a New Zealand registered company that operated from Australia selling holiday vouchers in New Zealand, has pleaded guilty to 38 charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act and has been fined $209,000 in the Auckland ... More >>
Consultation on Input Methodologies extended
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 5:40 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has released two revised process papers today, following the granting of an extension to the timeframe for determining Input Methodologies and the Information Disclosure Requirements for Airports. The Minister of Commerce ... More >>
Telecom fined $500,000 for misleading over plan
Monday, 7 December 2009, 2:11 pm | Commerce Commission
Telecom New Zealand Limited has pleaded guilty to 17 charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act over claims made in 2006 when promoting Xtra’s Go Large broadband plan. Telecom has been fined $500,000 in the Auckland District Court today. More >>
Next steps for mobile termination investigation
Friday, 4 December 2009, 10:25 am | Commerce Commission
As part of the Commerce Commission’s investigation into mobile termination rates, the Commission has today written to 2degrees, Telecom and Vodafone inviting them to submit final revised undertakings. More >>
CommComm draft Telecom TSO cost 08/09
Friday, 4 December 2009, 10:19 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released a telecommunication service obligation (TSO) Cost Calculation Determination for the Local Residential Telephone Service covering the 2008/09 year. The draft cost is $69.7 million. More >>
CommComm 08/09 final determinations: Teleco Relay
Friday, 4 December 2009, 9:56 am | Commerce Commission
* the cost of the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) for the hearing impaired; and the * the proportion of cost to be met by each party liable to contribute to the cost of the TRS and the local residential telephone service obligation. Each ... More >>
Electricity distribution businesses’ price-quality
Monday, 30 November 2009, 10:05 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today released its determination and decisions paper for the price-quality path which will apply to electricity distribution businesses from 1 April 2010. This marks the first determination published by the Commission ... More >>
