3. Submissions

The Ministry received three submissions to the discussion paper on high capacity linking from two pivotal interest groups: equipment suppliers and network operators. The responses have helped the Ministry to resolve the two major issues – these being the choice of technical operating parameters, and the licensing mechanism. The Ministry held additional discussions with the submitters to clarify submissions and to establish that consensus could be achieved.

The submitters were: Vodafone NZ Ltd, Telecom NZ Ltd, and Linkit Ltd, comprising the two largest radiocommunications network operators, and an established equipment supplier in New Zealand. The submissions have been published on the Ministry’s website.