ISPs calls for Starlink market study

In this edition;Ispanz wants satellite regulatory actionMobile co-location deregulation looks likely Intervention to address resilience challengeAn open letter to the Telecommunications Commissioner from the Internet Service Providers Association of New Zealand (Ispanz) argues that Starlink is making other rural connectivity options uneconomic.Ispanz warns that, without intervention, local engineering expertise, field workforces and operational knowledge could all disappear. While this could be viewed as a simple commercial issue, the trade body says it presents a national resilience challenge.The letter is addressed to Tristan Gilbertson and is a response to the commissioner’s earlier writing in Rural connectivity: a market reset in motion covered in the July 3 edition of this newsletter. It is signed by Ispanz chief executive David Haynes.In it, Ispanz asks the Commerce Commission to initiate a formal market study under Part 3A of the Commerce Act. It says the study should assess…