Projects
Here you will find telecommunications projects we are currently working on and those we have completed.
2019/20 Telecommunications Development Levy liability allocation determination
The liability allocation determination for the 2019/20 Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
Read moreBroadcasting services revenue in the Telecommunications Development Levy
Recent amendments to the Telecommunications Act mean that the treatment of broadcasting services revenue in the Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) is changing.
Read moreSpecified points of interconnection
The Act allows us to specify points of interconnection (POIs) which are places in wholesale networks where responsibility for fibre services is handed over from a fibre provider to other commercial service providers.
Read more2018/19 TDL liability allocation determination
The liability allocation determination for the 2018/19 Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Read moreUpdates to the 2018/19 TDL
The Commission uses specified instructions and templates to get the information we need to make our annual Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) determination.
Read moreUnbundled layer 1 fibre service
The Fibre Deeds require Chorus and the LFCs to supply wholesale services on a non-discriminatory and equivalent basis, and, since 1 January 2020, have also required them to offer a point-to-multipoint layer 1 fibre access service (PON Fibre Access Service). The Commission has developed guidance to assist industry participants to understand our approach to monitoring and enforcing non-discrimination and equivalence obligations in telecommunications, including in relation to the PON Fibre Access Service.
Read moreCommission 111 Contact Code
The purpose of the Commission 111 Contact Code is to ensure that vulnerable consumers, or persons on their behalf, have reasonable access to an appropriate means of contacting the 111 emergency service in the event of a power failure.
Read moreTelecommunications retail service quality
Recent changes to the Telecommunications Act have given us new powers to improve retail service quality (RSQ) including customer service, faults, installation, contracts, product disclosure, billing, switching, service performance, speed and availability.
Read moreSpecified fibre areas
In 2019, we consulted on our process for assessing specified fibre areas.
Read moreCopper Withdrawal Code
The Copper Withdrawal Code sets out the minimum requirements Chorus, the provider of New Zealand’s copper telecommunications network, must meet before it can stop providing wholesale copper phone and broadband services.
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