Split decision form ComCom on MTR

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Posted Mon 22 February 2010 @ 9:27 a.m. by Ernie Newman

Today's long awaited Commerce Commission recommendation to the Government on Mobile Termoination Rates is against regulation. It's a split decision.

Telecommunications Commissioner Dr Ross Patterson, and Associate Commissioner Gowan Pickering, recommend acceptance of the voluntary offers from Vodafone and Telecom. Commissioner Anita Mazzoleni has recoreded a dissenting view - she prefers the government regulate.

More reaction from TUANZ later today.

Categories: Regulatory | TUANZ policy | Wireless carriers

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  • jason brown says:

    My vote is for Mazzeloni. How can Patterson and Gowan recommend voluntary adherence by Telecom and Vodafone when both are guilty of massive over-charging ... for years. Voluntary adherence in telecommunications, like other sectors including electricity, has seen literally billions sucked out of consumers pockets. And competition was supposed to IMPROVE prices.

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