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Telecom pays $31.6 million in compensation in settlement
Friday, 14 October 2011, 10:31 am | Commerce Commission
Telecom pays $31.6 million in compensation in settlement of sub-loop extension discrimination claim More >>
Preliminary issues for Pact Group application
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 12:03 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from Pact Group seeking clearance to acquire the plastic pails business of Viscount Plastics. More >>
Proposed changes to telecoms standard terms determinations
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 10:03 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is proposing some minor changes to several telecommunications standard terms determinations (STDs). The Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 requires the Commission to review STDs to make ... More >>
Collusion settlement in refrigerator compressor industry
Monday, 10 October 2011, 12:18 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has agreed to a settlement with a major manufacturer of compressors following an investigation into cartel conduct. The settlement, with Empresa Brasileira de Compressores S.A (Embraco), includes the Commission and Embraco jointly submitting ... More >>
Preliminary Issues & timetable for Fonterra’s authorisation
Friday, 7 October 2011, 3:26 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application received from Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited seeking authorisation for an agreement that it considers may be anti-competitive. More >>
Pact Group applies to acquire plastic pails business
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 10:49 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Pact Group seeking clearance to acquire the plastic pails business of Viscount Plastics. More >>
Commission issues consultation paper on UFB information
Monday, 3 October 2011, 2:45 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today issued a consultation paper on Information Disclosure requirements for companies who will be building fibre networks as part of the Government’s ultra-fast broadband (UFB) initiative. The companies are Enable Networks, Ultrafast ... More >>
Poor lending practices cost AKLD finance company over $55k
Monday, 3 October 2011, 1:44 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is urging lower-tier lenders to get up to speed with consumer law after an Auckland-based finance company and its director were fined a total of $55,475 in the Auckland District Court on Thursday. The company has also refunded ... More >>
Proposal to restrict the sale of refrigerants
Friday, 30 September 2011, 8:06 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has reached a preliminary view that the Refrigerant License Trust Board’s proposal to restrict sales of refrigerants to trained and certified people is not likely to lessen competition in any market. More >>
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 >>
