RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/NGBT/W/12/Add.1/Rev.1
18April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1504)
Original: English Negotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications
COMMUNICATION FROM NEW ZEALAND
Draft Offer onBasic Telecommunications
Revision
Theattached communication iscirculated attherequest ofNewZealand tomembers ofthe
Negotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications.
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NewZealand haspleasure insubmitting theattached revised conditional draftoffer inbasic
telecommunication services.
Thisoffer isconditional. NewZealand reserves theright tomodify, extend orreduce this
offeratanytimeprior totheconclusion ofthenegotiations inbasic telecommunications, depending,
interalia,onthenumber ofoffers byother parties; onthedegree towhich these offers areequivalent
andmutually acceptable, ontheextent andsignificance ofanyexemptions from theMFN discipline
sought byother parties under theAnnex onArticle IIMFN Exemptions andonsatisfactory outcomes
regarding anyadditional matters thatmayarisefrom thetelecommunications negotiations.S/NGBT/W/12/Add.1/Rev.1
Page2NEW ZEALAND -REVISED DRAFT OFFER
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4)Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional Commitments
2.COMMUNICATION SERVICES
C.Telecommunication services
a.Voice telephone services (7521)
b.Packet-switched datatransmission
services (7523**)
c.Circuit-switched datatransmission
services (7523**)
d.Telex services (7523**)
e.Telegraph services (7522)
f.Facsimile services (7521**,
7529**)
g.Private leased circuit services
(7522**, 7523**)1),(2),(3) None, other than:
Where theinterests ofNew
Zealand users ofinternational
telecommunication services are,
orarelikely tobe,adversely
affected:
(a)aregistered operator maybe
required tomake an
agreement withanoverseas
operator withrespect tothe
feeforthetermination of
traffic totheoverseas
operator and/or theshare of
traffic received bythe
registered operator in
New Zealand;(1)None
(2)None[New Zealand isprepared toconsider
commitments onappropriate
regulatory principles].
o.Other
Paging services (75291)
Teleconferencing services
(75292)
Personal Communications
Services (75213*)
Cellular services (75213*)(b)aperson seeking toprovide
international services based
onleased circuits
interconnected atbothends to
thepublic switched
telecommunications network
maybedeclined registration
ortheregistration ofa
registered operator revoked.S/NGBT/W/12/Add.1/Rev.1
Page3Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4)Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional Commitments
Trunked radio system services
(7523**, 75213*)(3)Thenumber ofservice suppliers
maybelimited bytheavailability
ofradio spectrum(3)None other than: TheArticles of
Association oftheTelecom
Corporation ofNew Zealand
Limited limit theshareholding by
anysingle overseas entity to
49.9%. Atleast halfofBoard
directors arerequired tobe
New Zealand citizens.
Mobile dataservices (7523**)
Satellite services
International switching andother
international gateway activities(3)Telecom Corporation ofNew
Zealand Limited isdesignated as
theNew Zealand signatory tothe
Intelsat andInmarsat Operating
Agreements
(4)Unbound except asindicated in
thehorizontal section(4)Unbound except asindicated in
thehorizontal section