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Australia’s embattled construction sector could benefit from cloud based information systems that can be switched on and off in lockstep with individual projects – with the exception of those organisations based in remote areas like the Kimberleys.
read moreNZ Commerce Commission split on mobile charging regime
Stuart Corner
Monday, 22 February 2010 14:47
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New Zealand's competition watchdog, the Commerce Commission, has been unable to agree on whether to regulate the prices charged by mobile operators to terminate calls coming in from other networks.New entrant, 2degreess, had made undertakings but subsequently withdrew them all.
Joyce issued a statement saying "I am inviting comments on any matters raised in the report that were not, and could not have been, raised in previous submissions to the Commission, and on any relevant information that is not addressed in the Commission's report."
The decision disappointed the users organisation, TUANZ. CEO, Ernie Newman, said: "While we recognise the enormous amount of consultation and research that has gone into the Commission's investigation over these past six years, we think the Commissioners have got it wrong...The process leading to the voluntary undertakings demonstrated the breathtaking gap between the actual cost of terminating calls from competing networks, and the amount the two major operators have been charging. While the reduction of about 80 percent appears generous on the surface it is still insufficient to address the huge barrier to competition posed by these excessive charges.
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