The Commerce Commission has given carriers a year to lift their mobile coverage map game and wants simpler plan exits within six months. Customers are more satisfied with mobile than broadband. Amazon's New Zealand LEO plan emerges from stealth mode.

The Commerce Commission has given carriers a year to lift their mobile coverage map game and wants simpler plan exits within six months. Customers are more satisfied with mobile than broadband. Amazon’s New Zealand LEO plan emerges from stealth mode.

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  • billbennett@piefed.socialOP
    1·
    2 months ago

    Usually the Commnerce Commission goes through a consulting or engagement stage before setting down rules. That appears to have been done, so the mobile companies have 12 months to fix their maps.

      • billbennett@piefed.socialOP
        2·
        2 months ago

        There’s no specific date in the Commerce Commission notification, it just says 12 months from today. I’d read that as by September 5, 2025.