Media Release
Issued 19 January 2006/091
Telecommunications Act: Commission receives application for local service interconnection
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Vodafone for an access determination under the
Telecommunications Act 2001.
The application relates to the provision by Telecom of interconnection with Telecom’s fixed PSTN (Public Switched
Telephone Network) for calls to and from Vodafone’s local numbers. The application does not include calls to and from
Vodafone’s mobile numbers.
Interconnection is the service whereby carriers exchange call traffic between each other’s networks, enabling customers
of one network to call customers on the other carrier’s network. In this case it would enable Telecom customers to make,
for example, a local call to a Vodafone customer with a local number.
The Commission will ask the parties comment on the application before it decides whether or not to investigate the
application.
A copy of the application is available on the Commission website, select Telecommunications Regulation, then
Interconnection Determinations.
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