Our current business incentives – Small Business ADVANTAGE, Business ADVANTAGE and Premium Business ADVANTAGE – are due to conclude on 30 June 2022 and we’d like your feedback on our proposed new business offers, to help us shape what comes next. 

Proposed new business offers 

We’re seeking feedback on a single proposed business offer covering several strategic products as outlined below. 

1.  Proposed new Small Business credit eligibility

• Eligible products: all Small Business Fibre & Hyperfibre Small Business plans.
• Credits for off-net, migration from copper or certain low speed Evolve plans to an eligible product.
• Unlike the current Small Business ADVANTAGE offer, we are not proposing to offer any credit for Evolve plans as these will be no longer sold from November 2022, as has been previously communicated to all RSPs.   
• No charges apply in migrating to a higher priced plan.   
• Continuation of the Hyperfibre ONT credit with every Hyperfibre Small Business connection.

2.  Proposed new Mid-Market Business credit eligibility

• Eligible products: All Hyperfibre Business plans.
• Credits for off-net, migration from copper, or upgrades from eligible low speed Evolve plans to an eligible product.
• Unlike the current Business ADVANTAGE offer, we are not proposing to offer any credits for NGA Business plans as these are no longer a strategic focus. 
• No charges apply in migrating to a higher priced plan.
• Continuation of the Hyperfibre ONT credit with every Hyperfibre Business connection.

3.  Proposed new Enterprise Business credit eligibility

• Eligible products: NGA Business Premium (Enhanced Bitstream 4) Glass 1GB plans.
• New offer benefits are similar to the existing Premium Business ADVANTAGE offer benefits.
• These benefits apply to both the primary and diverse circuits.

Offer period 

We are confirming now that we will have an offer in market from 1 July 2022 until 31 December 2022. While your feedback now will help us plan for the entirety of our next financial year (which will run to 30 June 2023), extension of these incentives for the period January to June 2023 is subject to expenditure approval from the Commerce Commission.  

We hope to confirm the extension later in the 2022 calendar year. 

Request for feedback on proposed new offers 

Our focus remains on supporting RSP’s to help connect New Zealand businesses to fast and reliable fibre. We’d like your feedback on the proposed new business offers – specifically:

1. What do you like or dislike about each offer?
2. Does this offer seem easy to take up?
3. Do you plan to use these to help support promoting your own broadband propositions?
4. Is it easier for business incentives to be a single offer, or do you prefer multiple? 
5. Are there impacts to your business or customers where we confirm our plans for just an initial six-month timeframe in advance?     

Consultation/feedback on these offers closes 14 April 2022.

Next steps

Please provide feedback to your Chorus Account Manager or via email to Jeremy Lane by 14 April 2022. 

These offers will be finalised early May, pending industry feedback.