Join the webcast of The Future with High Speed Broadband: Opportunities for New Zealand conference

The Commerce Commission conference The Future with High Speed Broadband: Opportunities for New Zealand being held over the next two days at Sky City Hotel in Auckland is being webcast.

The webcast will be live streamed on: www.futurebroadband.co.nz

The full programme for the conference is available at: www.futurebroadband.co.nz/programme
Hon Amy Adams, Minister for Communications and Information Technology, will be delivering a Ministerial address at 9:15am on Tuesday 21 February.

The conference is being held on level 4 of the Sky City Convention Centre, 88 Federal Street, on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 February 2012.

There is an AV system set up for the speakers that media can plug into. Please locate Victoria Rogers, Senior Communications Adviser from the Commerce Commission on 021 225 4454, when you arrive for information and access to the AV.

The Commission encourages interested parties to join the discussions at the conference using the Twitter handle: @FutureBroadband or #FutureBB.

Background

The Commission is carrying out a high speed broadband services demand-side study to identify and inform on any factors that may impede the uptake of high speed broadband services in New Zealand. A copy of the terms of reference for the study can be found at: www.comcom.govt.nz/high-speed-broadband-services-demand-side-study

The study is conducted under Section 9A of the Telecommunications Act 2001, which empowers the Commission to conduct inquiries, reviews and studies into any matter relating to the telecommunications industry for the long-term benefit of end-users of telecommunications services within New Zealand.

The timeline for the high speed broadband services demand-side study is below.

Date Activity

19 Dec 2011 Publication of Technical Issues Paper
24 Jan 2012 Publication of e-Learning/e-Health Paper
7 Feb 2012 Publication of Willingness to Pay/Content Paper
20-21 Feb 2012 The Future with High Speed Broadband: Opportunities for New Zealand conference
9 April 2012 Publication of the study draft report
4 May 2012 Due date for submissions on the draft report
28 May 2012 Publication of the study final report