New Zealand Telecom Papers
Comments on the pre-publication draft of the international benchmarking report
These papers were released on 17 March 1999 with the report International Benchmarking of Australian Telecommunications Services.
The papers are:
- Derivation of benchmark prices and comparison baskets;
- Submission to the Australian Productivity Commission on International Benchmarking of Australian Telecommunications Services (Pre-release draft December 1998); and
- Business PSTN prices – a preliminary analysis of the Productivity Commission’s results.
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Contents
DERIVATION OF BENCHMARK PRICES AND COMPARISON BASKETS
1 Introduction
2 Price measurement and discounting
3 Basket composition
4 Purpose of the measures
SUBMISSION TO THE AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING OF AUSTRALIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (Pre-release draft December 1998)
1 Introduction
2 Residential PSTN prices
2.1 Effect of using non-discounted standard prices
2.2 Re-estimation of residential price indices
2.3 Conclusions on residential prices
BUSINESS PSTN PRICES – A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION’S RESULTS
1 Introduction
2 Business PSTN prices
3 Re-estimation of business indices