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New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has issued its final decision to approve $1.722 billion expenditure by telco infrastructure wholesaler Chorus over the next four years (2025-2028) – but disallow $172.6 million that would have flowed through to price increases for consumers.

New Zealand wholesaler of telco infrastructure Chorus has tapped digital infrastructure and continuity solutions provider Vertiv to expand its co-location offering in Auckland and unlock customers’ computing potential in regional locations using its existing distributed network of telco buildings.

The total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in New Zealand is poised to register a marginal compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7% between 2023 and 2028, with continued decline in mobile voice service revenue denting the overall growth prospects - despite considerable revenue growth in mobile data and fixed broadband segments, according to one data and analystics company..

Space research centre SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre has unveiled compact hybrid optical-RF user segment (Chorus) prototype terminal to create stable and secured military satellite communications at the 15th Australian Space Forum.

The Commerce Commission has released its final decision on the allocation of payments for the Government’s Telecommunications Development Levy for 2020/21 among providers of telecommunications services.

The New Zealand Commerce Commission has released its draft decision on the allocation of payments for the government’s Telecommunications Development Levy, proposing that Spark, Vodafone, Chorus, and 2degrees collectively pay approximately 88% NZ$10 million levy from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

The New Zealand Commerce Commission has ordered the telecommunications industry to formulate a marketing code to inform consumers on the technology options and plans that best suit their needs to avoid confusion.

New Zealand’s largest telco Chorus will be able to earn revenues of NZ$689 million in 2022 increasing to NZ$786 million in 2024 under new revenue caps and price-quality guidelines for the telecoms sector announced by the country’s competition regulator, The Commerce Commission.

New Zealand’s competition enforcement agency and regulator The Commerce Commission has launched an online survey aimed at helping telecommunications stakeholders have their say on the next phase of regulation for fibre service providers.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission is proposing to impose levies totalling $15 million a year on the telecommunictions and fibre sectors to fund its regulation of businesses operating in the industries.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has released a decision on its approach to determining the value of the financial losses to be incurred by fibre providers during the initial period of operating Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) networks before demand met supply.

New Zealand’s major telcos Spark, Vodafone, Chorus, and 2degrees will collectively pay approximately 90% of the $10 million Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) levy to be imposed on the telecommunications industry by the country’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission.

New Zealand’s competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, has released its first set of final decisions on the input methodologies that will apply to fibre fixed line access services, with new rules designed to safeguard consumers of fibre broadband.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has released its first paper for fibre price-quality and information disclosure regulation, setting out the proposed process and approach to regulating telecommunications companies that provide fibre access services in New Zealand.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has released its draft determination on how much 16 telecommunications providers will each pay towards the Government’s $50 million Telecommunications Development Levy(TDL) for 2018/19.

New Zealand telecommunications provider Chorus has announced that it will be running a trial of 10 gigabit per second and SME fibre broadband from mid-March.

As Australians continue to make do with a half-baked broadband service, New Zealand has indicated that it would be reducing prices for its ultra-fast broadband services as it announced that half a million had taken up the service.

New Zealand’s competition enforcement agency, The Commerce Commission, has added two more telcos — Voyager and MyRepublic — to the list of companies liable to contribute to the country’s $50 million Telecommunications Development Levy.

New Zealand’s competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, is looking for feedback from the telecommunications sector on the funding for its plan to implement new regulation for fibre networks.

New Zealand telcos Spark, Vodafone, Chorus and 2degrees Mobile are set to pay more than 90% of the country’s $50 million telecommunications development levy which covers the operation of telecommunications infrastructure and services that are not commercially viable.