Now I have to wonder: Will New Zealand’s Prime Minister end up helping her countrymen or instead, end up causing more problems by getting involved in the NZ mobile industry?

Prime Minister Helen Clark yesterday put the regulation of mobile phone companies firmly on the agenda, underscoring the Government’s bid to lift the performance of the national telecommunications infrastructure.

Less than a week after revealing plans to open Telecom’s fixed line network to competitors, Clark told Newstalk ZB: “[Mobile] is going through a long dance at the regulatory process. We just have to change the rules of the game.”

Cabinet documents released last week outlining the Government’s proposals to clamp down on Telecom also show it is planning a major review of the mobile sector.

The papers say the Government’s recent review of telecommunications had highlighted the following outstanding issues… Source: nzherald.co.nz

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