Telecom New Ingrea
| Telecom New Ingrea | |
|---|---|
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| Organisation | |
| Type | Crown monopoly |
| Owner(s) | Government of New Ingrea |
| Predecessor(s) | Postmaster-General's Department |
| Successor(s) | Accord (retail) |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters |
Telecom Tower Parker Street Kingsbury, CENT |
| Products and services | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Products | Wholesale telephony |
Telecom New Ingrea is a crown monopoly that owns all the telephone and data hardware in New Ingrea. All cabling, exchanges, public microwave links are owned by the corporation. Connexions to overseas cables and satellites are also maintained or leased by the corporation. Telecom was established by the Braddock government in 1972 when the government dissolved and split the Postmaster-General's Department into separate postal and telephony organisations.
The corporation no longer provides retail services, with these services separated as part of local loop unbundling in 2003. This separation ended the monopoly status that Telecom had held in the market since the origins of telephony in the 1870s. In 2005 the separttion process was complete, with Telecom and a new organisation, Accord, becoming separate crown corporations.
Today, Telecom acts as the wholesaler of telephony and data services to all the retail companies operating in New Ingrea. Charges for access to corporation's network are covered in part by licence fees charged to retailers for access to the network, with the remaining income provided by the government from general taxation.
History
Regulation
Telecom is bound by a charter, which lays out the mission, authority, and activities of the corporation. For example, the charter requires it to provide access within 24 hours of being notified that a new connexion is required. Likewise, the prices it charges for it's services are regulated by the Utility Pricing Commission, and generally only rise in line with the consumer price index.
Operations
The principal function of Telecom is build, maintain and provide access to a world class telecommunications network. The corporation is regularly tasked with keeping the national telecoms network online, and conducts over 2,000 repairs to the network every month. The corporation employs over 1,000 technicians to keep the network up and running, and maintains a number of field offices and depots across the country.
The corporation provides no services to general public, and most people never have to deal with corporation at any time in their lives. The primary relationship the corporation is concerned with lies with those companies that provide telecommunication retail services to the nation.