One NZ FibreX broadband marketing case

Incident

New Zealand’s Commerce Commission pursued legal action against One NZ, formerly Vodafone, over marketing for its FibreX broadband product. According to the Commission, representations about the nature of this service could give consumers the impression they were receiving fibre-to-the-home broadband, although the product used a hybrid technology rather than the description some advertising implied. The regulator reported that a court penalty of NZD 3.675 million was imposed after appeal proceedings. The finding con…