OBS_VALUE: The Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) is collected from telecommunications service providers each year and subsidises telecommunications capabilities in the public interest which are otherwise not expected to be available commercially, or which are unaffordable (i.e. to pay TSO charges, to pay for non-urban telecommunications infrastructure development, etc). The Commerce Commission has responsibility for determining each company’s share of the TDL.Additional sources: Telecommunications Act 2001, sections 90, 92, Schedule 3B AND MBIE, Telecommunications Development Levy (https://www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-technology/it-communications-and-broadband/our-role-in-the-ict-sector/telecommunications-development-levy/)