Sweeping Government Reforms Have Finally Paved the Way for an Improvement in Wholesale...

Sweeping Government Reforms Have Finally Paved the Way for an Improvement in Wholesale Access for Telecom New Zealand's Competitors

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c85041) has announced the
addition of "New Zealand - Regulatory Environment - Mobile, Wholesale
and Number Portability" to their offering.

Sweeping government reforms have finally paved the way for an
improvement in wholesale access for Telecom New Zealand's competitors
via local loop unbundling. However, access providers must still wait
until the end of 2007 for its introduction, or perhaps even as late as
2008. In September 2007 the New Zealand government announced that it
was going ahead with its plan to split Telecom New Zealand into three
separate operational units to provide retail, wholesale and network
services. Number portability was officially launched in New Zealand on
April 1st 2007 for both mobile and fixed services. Following a meeting
with the mobile operators in October 2007, the Commerce Commission
seems set to require new entrants to build out their networks to 80%
of the population within five years in return for the right to roam.
Other regulatory developments are contained in the two separate
reports: New Zealand - Regulatory Environment - Local Loop Unbundling
& TSO and New Zealand - Regulatory Environment - Telecommunications
Act.

Topics Covered:

1. Synopsis

2. Mobile services reforms - 2007

3. Mobile services reforms - 2006

4. Wholesale access

5. Number Portability (NP)

6. Telecommunications Information Privacy Code

7. Related reports

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