Spark NZ welcomes the Commerce Commission’s final report

Spark New Zealand Limited
ARBN 050 611 277 Spark City, 167 Victoria Street West, Private Bag 92028, Auckland, New Zealand


MARKET RELEASE
18 July 2019

Spark New Zealand welcomes Commerce Commission decision to
deregulate resale copper voice services
Spark New Zealand is pleased to see the Commerce Commission confirm its earlier
recommendation to remove Spark’s resale copper voice services from the
Telecommunications Act.
While Spark has provided these services under commercial terms for well over ten years
now, the removal of regulation is a positive signal that the regulatory regime can adapt
to reflect changing competitive dynamics.
Spark is already well underway in its transition from its legacy PSTN (Public Switched
Telephone Network) to a future-ready IP-based voice network dubbed the ‘Converged
Communications Network’ (CCN). The Commission’s final decision today provides
further support to, but will not affect the pace of, that transition.
The Minister will now
consider the Commission’s final recommendation.
The final report and related information can be found here
.
ENDS

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