1. Telco Issues For NZNOG

2. Action in Telco/ISP Land Lots going on. Two key things: TCF Work Groups doing technical and operational standards for nDSL and LLU Operational Separation of Telecom on the way The new framework under the revised Telecommunications Act

3. TCF Work Groups Established last year with a two phase approach: Define issues – December 2006 Refine codes that can be used in a service offering – July 2007 Phase 1 finished on time Phase 2 now under way Relatively good industry buy in

4. Telecom’s Operational Separation Required by the new Telco Act, Telecom to split into three divisions Network access Wholesale Retail “Equivalence of Inputs” on a key range of services. Government gets to decide the details, and which services covered. Submit! March, and probably June, 2007.

5. New Telco Act The regulator now has new powers: To review and monitor markets To make standard terms offerings available – don’t need to wait for an access seeker to fail commercial negotiations and pay for a determination. Plus a new commissioner is on the way. Watch this space!