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Final step in setting regulatory rules
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 10:22 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has set input methodologies that will apply to electricity distribution businesses, Transpower, gas pipeline businesses and specified airport services under Part 4 of the Commerce Act. More >>
Final individual price quality path for Transpower determine
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 10:20 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released the final individual price-quality path determination for electricity lines services supplied by Transpower. The individual price-quality determination sets out the approach for calculating Transpower’s annual revenues, ... More >>
Airports information disclosure requirements announced
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 10:18 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today announced that the information disclosure requirements for specified airport services supplied at Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch airports have been determined. More >>
$3.5m penalties: Second freight forwarding cartel case
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 1:29 pm | Commerce Commission
A second multi-national freight forwarding company has been handed a penalty of $2.5 million following a Commerce Commission investigation into anti-competitive conduct in the freight forwarding market, taking the total penalties imposed so far to $3.65 ... More >>
New Telecom wholesale VDSL2 service not to be regulated
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 12:28 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has decided that a new wholesale VDSL2 service offered by Telecom New Zealand Limited does not need to be regulated, as it incorporates a number of features not included in the regulated unbundled bitstream access (UBA) service, ... More >>
Broadband report shows continuing quality improvement
Monday, 20 December 2010, 9:39 am | Commerce Commission
The quality of New Zealand’s broadband services are continuing to improve according to a report released by the Commerce Commission today. The report, covering from 1 January – 30 June 2010, aims to provide a comparison of the relative performance ... More >>
$1.15m penalty in first freight forwarding cartel case
Friday, 17 December 2010, 12:00 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has reached a settlement of proceedings against an international freight forwarding company accused of anti-competitive conduct in the freight forwarding market. The High Court at Auckland yesterday approved the resolution reached between ... More >>
CC Report Recommends Significant Resale Deregulation
Friday, 17 December 2010, 10:46 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today recommended to the Minister for Communications and Information Technology that a number of services that Telecom New Zealand Limited provides to other telecommunications companies to be resold should no longer be subject ... More >>
PMP Print to acquire heat set printing assets of APN
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 10:18 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today given clearance to PMP Print Limited to acquire certain heat set printing assets of APN Print NZ Limited. Commerce Commission Chair Dr Mark Berry said that the Commission is satisfied that the proposed acquisition ... More >>
Determinations for 2009/10 released by Commerce Commission
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 11:37 am | Commerce Commission
The TRS is a Telecommunications Service Obligation (TSO) provided by Sprint International New Zealand Limited. The Commission has determined that the cost for the relay service for 2009/10 is $2.22 million. This is unchanged from the Commission’s draft determination. More >>
Price of national mobile roaming to remain unregulated
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 11:18 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today announced that it will not investigate whether the national mobile roaming service should be extended to include price because there are adequate commercial arrangements in place. More >>
Number portability determination extended
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 11:17 am | Commerce Commission
In a final determination issued today the Commerce Commission has extended the current arrangement for number portability for both local and mobile telephone numbers for another six years. Number portability enables a customer to change their telecommunications ... More >>
High Levels of Lead Found in Budget Toys
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 11:15 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is investigating a number of toys sold in bargain variety stores following testing by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs which detected excessively high levels of lead. More >>
Chch Airport application to acquire Craddocks
Monday, 13 December 2010, 4:21 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application received from Christchurch International Airport Limited on 7 December 2010 seeking clearance to acquire Craddocks Car Storage. More >>
Com Com consulting on business competition guidelines
Friday, 10 December 2010, 3:56 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is consulting about updating its Mergers and Acquisitions Guidelines and its Benefits and Detriments Guidelines. “We intend to reflect recent court judgments and our current practices in the draft updated guidelines, and we ... More >>
Chch Intl Airport applies to acquire Craddocks Car Storage
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 3:10 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Christchurch International Airport Limited seeking clearance to acquire Craddocks Car Storage. Christchurch International Airport Limited is majority owned by Christchurch City Council. Christchurch ... More >>
Sonoco’s clearance application to acquire T.T.L Pacific
Friday, 3 December 2010, 12:26 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application received from Sonoco New Zealand Limited seeking clearance to acquire T.T.L Pacific Limited. Both companies manufacture glued paper cores and tubes which ... More >>
Price-quality path decision for electricity distribution
Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 9:27 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released its decision to amend the determination setting out the default price-quality path (DPP) applying to electricity distribution businesses (EDBs) for the period 2010-2015. The DPP comprises a price path that places an upper ... More >>
Commerce Commission announces revenue cap for Transpower
Friday, 26 November 2010, 10:40 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today announced that the revenue cap for Transpower’s 2011/12 pricing year will be set at $644 million. This will be the first revenue cap set under individual price-quality regulation under Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986, ... More >>
AsureQuality and Proficiency Services granted clearance
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 9:19 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has granted clearance for AsureQuality Limited and Proficiency Services Limited to form a new joint venture company which will acquire all of the New Zealand proficiency testing business assets of AsureQuality Limited and Proficiency ... More >>
