Telecom unbundling key to regulator’s copper conundrum

Telecom unbundling key to regulator’s copper conundrum
By Paul McBeth Aug. 13 (BusinessDesk) - Telecom Corp’s dominance in the country’s retail broadband market and how it chooses to unbundle services on Chorus’ ageing copper network are central to the conundrum facing the Commerce Commission. The regulator has backed away from imposing a sharp cut to the regulated price Chorus can charge wholesale customers for access to the copper lines, and has released another paper on the issue for feedback. Telecommunications Commissioner Stephen Gale is trying to juggle the competing interests of consume...