2011 Annual Report - The Commerce Commission

Table 16: Summary of Telecommunication Industry Related Activities – 2011Date ofDeterminationIndustry Submission/Issues Commission’s Action/Determination07/11/2011 Telecommunication Interconnection ServiceCharges to the followingtelecom entities: Vodafone Fiji Limited Digicel Fiji Limited Fiji InternationalTelecommunicationLimited Telecom Fiji limited Voicenet IP Fiji Ltd Latent Workforce Pty Ltd Kidanet Fiji Ltd The Commission haddetermined the authorizedrates using the glide pathapproach.The Commission after independent research, analysis and computationreleased the final determination on the following that was effective from 01December 2011.1. For all calls terminating into a mobile network, the interconnectionrates was reduced by 23.5% (from F$0.17 to F$0.13 per minute);2. For all incoming international calls, the terminating rate onto a localnetwork operator was increased from US$0.165 to US$0.22.3. Of the above rate, F$0.06 will be paid by the operators toGovernment in the form of the ICT levy to support Governments ICTPenetration work.4. For incoming international calls, which one operator hands over toanother operator, apart from the interconnection rate, the handing overparty must also pay a Special International Call Handling Levy ofF$0.09 to the network operator on which the calls are terminated.This additional revenue can be used to build new networkinfrastructure and also maintain existing infrastructure.Page204of236