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• A 50% reduction on normal prices for National Calls. This was effective from Midnight on Friday 11 December 1992 till midnight Sunday 13 December 1992 and applied to Direct Dialled National Calls only.
• A 5% discount off standard Direct Dial Rates in New Zealand effective from Midnight Friday 18 December 1992 through to Midnight Friday 1 January 1993.

3.3.2 International Calls

The following discounts applied during the quarter

• A 5% off the prevailing rate to Australia and its territories. This was effective from Midnight Friday 18 December 1992 through to Midnight Friday 1 January 1993.

3.4 NATIONAL LEASED CIRCUITS

A customer was allowed a discount of 30.61% on the standard monthly tariff for a 2 Mbit circuit. This discount was allowed due to the technical and service delivery factors relating to the Telecom Network.

As a special offer during the quarter customers migrating from the Analogue Data Service to the Metropolitan Digital Data Service (M DDS) were allowed a discount of 59.52% on the installation charge of an NTU for the Service. This discount was allowed as a trade in offer on modems.

The following discount was allowed on the basis of the overall business relationship with the customer:

A discount of 86% on the installation charge for DTI Circuits.

3.5 INTERNATIONAL LEASED CIRCUITS

3.5.1 Skystream Promotion

This was a promotional campaign for satellite services to the United States. For a limited period standard Skystream Service to mainland United States of America was allowed at reduced prices for new circuits and upgrades of existing circuits under contracts of one year or more.

Terms
The terms of the offer were as follows:

1. Offer applied to standard Skystream service to mainland United States of America at any data speeds available through the distant carrier, including subrates.
2. Offer applied to contracts of 12 months or longer, for new circuits and upgrades of existing circuits.
3. Discounts apply to the Telecom New Zealand International Limited half circuit only.
4. Installation and upgrade fees will be waived.
5. Contracts must be signed between 1 November 1992 and 31 January 1993.
6. Circuits must be installed prior to 31 March 1993.
7. Offer applies to circuits terminating with any carrier offering matching service to mainland United States of America.

Prices
Contracts of one year’s duration will be allowed a discount of 12.5% from the standard Skystream tariff.
Contracts of two years duration will be allowed a discount of 17.5% from the standard Skystream tariff.
Contracts of three years duration will be allowed a discount of 22.5% from the standard Skystream tariff.
Contracts of five years duration will be allowed a discount of 25% from the standard Skystream tariff.

3.5.2 Specific Discounts

In each of the following instances discounts have been offered using the following criteria:

• Term commitment from customer to use the service.
• Customer requirements for diversity.
• Credit worthiness.
• Service type i.e satellite or cable.
• Aggregate amount of bandwidth purchased by customer.
• Destination of service.
• Requirements for service to several overseas locations.
• Commitment by customer to upgrade service to higher bandwidth during course of contract.