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Election '11: summary of broadcasting and information and communications technology policies

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 22 2011

With people heading to the voting booths this Saturday, we thought it would be helpful to provide a summary of the key aspects of the various parties' policies in relation to broadcasting and ICT

Liability for breach of suppression orders

  • Buddle Findlay
  • -
  • New Zealand
  • -
  • August 4 2011

Following submissions to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee, section 216 of the Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill has been deleted

Draft broadband legislation reported back to Parliament

  • Buddle Findlay
  • -
  • New Zealand
  • -
  • May 23 2011

The reported-back version of the Bill incorporates the February 2011 SOP, with amendments both to the original Bill and that SOP (see report here

Telecom and Vodafone joint bid awarded rural broadband funding

  • Buddle Findlay
  • -
  • New Zealand
  • -
  • May 23 2011

On 20 April 2011, Hon Steven Joyce announced that the government had accepted a final agreement with Telecom and Vodafone to deliver the RBI

Government decision pending on Telecom's consequential request to further vary its Operational Separation Undertakings

  • Buddle Findlay
  • -
  • New Zealand
  • -
  • May 23 2011

On 15 March 2011 Telecom requested a variation to its existing Operational Separation Undertakings, in anticipation of reaching agreement with the government on its joint RBI bid because of its concern that the non-discrimination rules in the Undertakings would apply to the RBI

Government takes the risk on regulation of crown funded fibre network prices

  • Buddle Findlay
  • -
  • New Zealand
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  • May 23 2011

The Minister while backing the "low capped" wholesale prices negotiated by CFH now proposes an "alternative solution" to regulatory forbearance by way of contractual mechanisms in government contracts with LFCs

Hon Steven Joyce says he will drop regulatory forbearance

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • May 23 2011

The announcement on 18 May 2011, two days after the Bill's report back, to drop the regulatory forbearance provisions and replace them with contractual assurances to Local Fibre Company (LFC) co-investment partners is significant

Decisions imminent on CFH's LFC partners for remaining candidate areas under UFB initiative

  • Buddle Findlay
  • -
  • New Zealand
  • -
  • May 23 2011

As detailed in our February 2011 update, Telecom and other parties associated with the NZ Regional Fibre Group (Alpine Energy, Enable Networks, Flute Joint Venture and Vector) had been prioritised by CFH for negotiation as potential LFC partners

Update on measures to facilitate deployment of broadband infrastructure including proposals under the SOP

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 22 2011

As foreshadowed in the principal Bill, the SOP also amends the existing provisions of the Telecommunications Act 2001 in relation to access rights to multi-unit complexes (e.g. office buildings and apartment blocks), private land, and the road reserve when constructing or maintaining telecommunications networks

Government's Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) relating to the Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

  • Buddle Findlay
  • -
  • New Zealand
  • -
  • February 22 2011

On 16 February 2011, Hon Steven Joyce tabled additional telecommunications legislative proposals with the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee which is responsible for reviewing the government's Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, introduced in December 2010