3224

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 157

1. TELEPHONE SERVICES

1.1 Alteration and Reconfiguration Charges for Inter-Exchange Access

There is a charge for converting 2Mbit/s interconnect links from R2 to No 7 Signalling.

• Conversion charge per 2Mbit/s Link.................................................... $2500.00

All other alteration and reconfiguration charges will be based on the actual costs involved. They will include labour, travelling time, materials, and any other costs incurred.

1.2 Centrex

Centrex is a private switching and networking service (SNS) delivered directly from the telephone exchange. Centrex can be used to link different sites and integrate CPE (standard phones, key-systems and PABX's). It provides advanced PBX-type features direct from the telephone exchange and is monitored 24 hours a day. Centrex allows direct dialling to and from phones across many sites. Centrex is provided by means of Regular Extensions and Hunting Extensions. Hunting extensions provide a facility to distribute incoming calls over a number of extensions. Extensions are provisioned with a basic package of features in addition to ordinary telephone service functions and are assigned to a Basic Business Group (BBG). A Basic Business Group can be comprised of any number of extensions connected to the same local exchange.

There are two pricing options available with Centrex. Centrex I is intended for customers requiring up to 10 stations. Centrex II is intended for customers with larger requirements.

ISDN Centrex

It is possible to provision telephone numbers assigned to an ISDN line with the Basic Package of Centrex features and include these numbers in a BBG. With ISDN Centrex, Multiple Subscriber Number (MSN) option allows up to 7 additional numbers to be associated with each ISDN Centrex line.

Wide Area Centrex

Wide Area Centrex enables a customer to connect geographically diverse sites into a common Centrex business group. The usual rental and usage charges apply to each line associated with a Wide Area Centrex Plan.

The following charges are for Centrex specific services, and do not include charges for standard telephone services, such as telephone instrument rental.

Connection and Installation Charges

Installation and connection charges for both Regular Extensions and Hunting Extensions are the same for both Centrex I and II.

New Connection and Intact Conversion Charges

Connection charges apply to all new Centrex connections. Intact conversion charges also apply when non-Centrex extensions are converted to Centrex extensions, or where regular Centrex extensions are converted to hunting extensions or vice versa.

• Charge for the establishment of a new BBG.................................................... $55.00
• Charge for conversion of an existing PSTN line to Centrex, and provisioning of the basic feature package.................................................... $35.00
• Charge for the connection of a new MSN to an ISDN Centrex Basic Rate Access (BRA).................................................... $35.00
• Charge for the conversion of an existing ISDN BRA to ISDN Centrex BRA and vice versa(lead number only).................................................... $35.00