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iSite granted clearance to acquire billboard assets of O.T.W
Friday, 30 September 2011, 1:56 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has granted clearance for Infratil Outdoor Media Limited, the owner of iSite Limited, to acquire up to 100 per cent of the billboard assets of O.T.W. Advertising Limited. More >>
Matariki Forests clearance for Canterbury assets
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 6:04 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has granted clearance for Matariki Forests to acquire the Canterbury forestry assets of the Selwyn Plantation Board. More >>
Bed company fined for misleading on cancellation rights
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 2:00 pm | Commerce Commission
A company that sold high-priced “sleep systems” at invitational seminars has been fined $69,935 for misleading consumers about the right to cancel their contracts. Wenatex New Zealand Limited pleaded guilty to 34 charges of breaching the Fair Trading ... More >>
Draft decision for the Low Frequency Voice Service
Friday, 16 September 2011, 12:16 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today published its draft determination on the price and non-price terms for the Unbundled Copper Low Frequency Voice Service (UCLFS). More >>
Mobile monitoring report shows encouraging early Trends
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 10:56 am | Commerce Commission
Four months after cutting wholesale termination rates for mobile calls and text messages, the Commerce Commission’s first mobile monitoring report released today shows a small increase in calls and text messages between mobile networks. More >>
Com Com: Authorisation application from Kotahi Logistics
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 9:48 am | Commerce Commission
Kotahi Logistics has applied to the Commerce Commission seeking authorisation under Section 58 of the Commerce Act for an agreement that may be anti-competitive. Kotahi is a partnership between Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd and Silver Fern Farms Ltd. More >>
Telecom and Sprint comply with Service Obligations
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 10:31 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has advised the Minister for Communications and Information Technology that Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited and Sprint International New Zealand Limited have complied with all their Telecommunications Service Obligations’ ... More >>
Draft decision results in small price reductions for UCLL
Friday, 9 September 2011, 11:56 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today published its draft review of prices for the Unbundled Copper Local Loop Service (UCLL). More >>
Preliminary Issues for iSite’s application to acquire O.T.W.
Monday, 5 September 2011, 3:23 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application received from iSite Limited seeking clearance to acquire up to 100 per cent of the billboard assets of O.T.W Advertising Limited (OTW). Both iSite ... More >>
Competition for wholesale broadband services remains limited
Friday, 2 September 2011, 1:37 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today published its review of access to competitive broadband services and concluded that Telecom faces limited competition in this market. As a result wholesale broadband access will remain subject to the terms of the unbundled ... More >>
Prepaid phone card company fined $100,000
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 4:30 pm | Commerce Commission
A company that misled consumers about what it would really cost them when they used their prepaid phone cards has been fined $100,000 in the Auckland District Court for breaches of the Fair Trading Act. Tel.Pacific New Zealand Ltd pleaded guilty ... More >>
Commerce Commission proceeds with air car price-fixing case
Friday, 26 August 2011, 2:57 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has succeeded in the first phase of its trial against the defending airlines in the Commission’s air cargo price-fixing case. In May 2011, the High Court was asked to decide whether there was a “market in New Zealand” ... More >>
Commission Executes Search Warrants in Made In NZ Crackdown
Friday, 26 August 2011, 11:15 am | Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission staff yesterday executed a number of search warrants in Rotorua and Auckland in relation to an ongoing investigation in the tourism souvenir sector. More >>
iSite applies for clearance to acquire OTW billboard assets
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 4:04 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from iSite Limited seeking clearance to acquire up to 100 per cent of the billboard assets of O.T.W Advertising Limited. More >>
GEA granted clearance to acquire Nu-Con
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 10:24 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has granted clearance for GEA Process Engineering A/S to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Nu-Con Limited. More >>
Commission releases approach for setting starting prices
Monday, 22 August 2011, 2:05 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released a discussion paper outlining our proposed approach to the setting of starting prices for gas pipeline businesses subject to default price-quality paths (DPPs) under Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986. More >>
Commerce Commission cautions sunbed industry over claims
Monday, 22 August 2011, 9:52 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today put sunbed operators and distributors on notice about the risks of making false or misleading claims about the health benefits and risks of sunbed use. More >>
Insurance company to refund customers after Fair Trading Act
Friday, 19 August 2011, 11:17 am | Commerce Commission
An insurance company has admitted breaching the Fair Trading Act by failing to adequately disclose that an administration fee would be charged for cancelling private vehicle insurance. More >>
Vodafone guilty of misleading customers: fined $400K
Friday, 12 August 2011, 12:59 pm | Commerce Commission
Vodafone New Zealand Limited was fined over $400,000 in the Auckland District Court today after pleading guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act in relation to its Vodafone Live! mobile phone internet service. More >>
Christchurch car company pleads guilty to FTA Breaches
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 2:09 pm | Commerce Commission
A Christchurch based car company has pleaded guilty to 55 charges of breaching the Fair Trading relating to sales made on Trade Me. Morrison Car Company has been fined a total of $45,000 and ordered to pay $1,000 court costs in the Christchurch District ... More >>
