COMMERCE COMMISSION V TELECOM CORPORATION of NEW ZEALAND LIMITED and Anor HC AK CIV 2000-485-673 [18 April 2008] TABLE of CONTENTS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND REGISTRY CIV 2000-485-673 BETWEEN THE COMMERCE COMMISSION Plaintiff AND TELECOM CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED First Defendant AND TELECOM NEW ZEALAND LIMITED Second Defendant Hearing: 20-23, 27-30 August, 3-7, 10-11, 18-19 and 24-26 September 2007 Court: Rodney Hansen J Mr MC Copeland Counsel: JA Farmer QC, BD Gray QC, S Glass and JS McHerron for Plaintiff D Shavin QC, JE Hodder, PR Jagose, S Dalzell and H Northover for Defendants Judgment: 18 April 2008 JUDGMENT OF RODNEY HANSEN J AND MR MC COPELAND This judgment was delivered by me on 18 April 2008 at [10.00 a.m ], pursuant to Rule 540(4) of the High Court Rules. Registrar/Deputy Registrar Date: …………………………. Solicitors: Commerce Commission, P O Box 2351, Wellington for Plaintiff Chapman Tripp, P O Box 993, Wellington for Defendants THE COMMERCE COMMISSION V TELECOM CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED And Anor HC AK CIV 2000-485-673 [18 April 2008] TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction [1] Confidentiality [4] Issues [5] Markets Background [8] Market definition [17] Fixed-line retail phone service to residential customers [19] Wholesale network access [22] Retail ISP services for residential customers [26] Wholesale ISP services [27] Dominance [28] Fixed line retail phone services to residential customers [30] Wholesale network terminating access [46] Use of dominance Legal test [55] Development of 0867 service [56] Counterfactual analysis [77] Purpose [91] Commission’s case [93] Stated purpose [97] Inferred purpose [106] Result [114] Introduction [1] The advent and dramatic expansion of the internet during the 1990s caused a revolution in telecommunications worldwide.
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