WiFi Calling Additional Terms

1. These WiFi Calling Additional Terms (“Additional Terms”) apply in addition to our General Terms for Mobile Customers (“General Terms”), as well as the Special Terms of your mobile plan and any other terms and conditions that apply to your use of our Services. If there is any conflict between any of these terms, the WiFi Calling Additional Terms will apply.
2. Capitalised terms not defined in these Additional Terms have the meaning given to them in the relevant Terms set out in clause 1 above.
3. WiFi Calling/Calls/Texts means using a WiFi broadband connection (instead of a cellular network) to make or receive calls and texts on a Mobile Phone using our WiFi Calling service.
4. To use WiFi Calling:
   1. you must be our mobile customer;
   2. your Mobile Phone must be a WiFi Calling capable handset that has been configured to make WiFi Calls;
   3. you must have activated the WiFi Calling feature on your Mobile Phone; and
   4. you must be connected, and continue to be connected, to a WiFi broadband connection that allows the correct type of internet access capable of supporting WiFi Calling.

Limitations of WiFi Calling

5. Active WiFi Calls will not transfer from WiFi to a cellular network or vice versa. WiFi Calls will be disconnected if the WiFi signal is no longer available, and you’ll need to redial to continue with your call through our cellular network or the cellular network of one of our roaming partners (if you are in the coverage area of such cellular networks). Your Mobile Phone will prioritise WiFi Calling over cellular calling where your Mobile Phone has coverage from both network types at the same time.
6. If WiFi Calling is activated, you will no longer be able to receive 3G video calls on either WiFi or cellular networks. You can still make 3G video calls on cellular network, but such calls are not supported on WiFi. If you prefer to continue receiving 3G video calls, then you will need to disable WiFi Calling and call us to be de-provisioned from WiFi Calling.
7. WiFi Calling does not support unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) type commands. USSD type commands are typically in a format like *100# and are used for checking your account balance.
8. You cannot change your call forwarding or voicemail numbers if you are using WiFi Calling.
9. When you are overseas you will need to dial numbers for the destination you are visiting using the international dialling format with the correct destination code. For example, (61) in Australia, (44) in the UK and (1) in North America.
10. If you are overseas, you will not be able to dial short code numbers, free Mobile Phone numbers or other special numbers unless they allow access with international dialling.

Broadband WiFi connection

11. The broadband connection you are using for WiFi Calling must have the minimum internet speed of 100kbps of available bandwidth.
12. If you use a third-party internet service provider to access WiFi Calling it is your responsibility to resolve any issues with that internet service provider. We are not responsible for any issues relating to internet services provided by third parties.
13. Some corporate and public WiFi broadband connections have specific firewalls and settings that might prevent WiFi Calling from working. Because we have no control over the quality and settings of independently operated WiFi connections, poor or no service availability could be experienced on some WiFi connections.
14. While using WiFi Calling, you will use internet data on the WiFi broadband connection. This data may be subject to charges depending on the structure of the Broadband plan you are using for WiFi calling.
15. You could incur additional toll charges and/or international messaging charges if your VPN, DNS or internet provider is set to a country outside New Zealand.

Using Nova Broadband for WiFi Calling

16. If you make a WiFi Call using our Broadband service, you will not incur additional charges for the broadband data you use to make that WiFi Call.
17. If you make a WiFi Call using our Broadband service we will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that WiFi Calling is reliable and available at all times. However, because we rely on networks and equipment which we do not control, we cannot promise that WiFi Calling will always be available or fully-functioning. We will not be liable or responsible for anything which occurs as a result of other providers’ infrastructure systems. If WiFi Calling using our Broadband service is unavailable for any reason we will endeavour to restore service as soon as possible. If there is a problem with such WiFi Calling, please contact us by dialling 668 from your mobile or 0800 668 236 from any NZ landline.
18. We will not be responsible for fixing any fault with WiFi Calling that is caused by any equipment, hardware or device not supplied or approved by us for use in connection with WiFi Calling, or because you have used WiFi Calling incorrectly or in an unauthorised way.

Charging for WiFi Calling in NZ

19. WiFi Calling will use your monthly NZ minute or text allowance and will be subject to the same inclusions and rates as cellular calls and texts are charged under your Mobile Plan.

Charging for WiFi Calling Overseas

20. Except to the extent that your Plan includes specific entitlements to make calls outside of NZ, if you are making a WiFi Call from an overseas destination:
    1. to NZ or Australia you will charged in accordance with clause 19 (i.e. as if you are making the call from NZ);
    2. to another number in that same overseas destination or to another overseas destination you will be charged the applicable standard international call rates to call that overseas destination from NZ. Note that the rates that apply to WiFi calls made in Australia to other overseas destinations could be lower or higher than the roaming rates that apply to mobile calls depending on the destination called.
21. If you are in a Daily Roaming Destination and you are making or receiving a WiFi Call:
    1. to or from NZ, or a local call within that applicable destination, your call will be treated in the same manner as if you made or received the call over a cellular network;
    2. to another overseas destination you will be charged the applicable standard international call rate to call that overseas destination from NZ.
22. It is free to receive WiFi Calls in NZ and when you are in any overseas destination excluding any WiFi broadband charges.

WiFi Calls and Texts

23. To the extent that is applicable, the Special Terms of your Plan that apply to minutes and texts made over a cellular network apply to WiFi Calling.

Emergency calling

24. If you make a 111 call using WiFi Calling, your Mobile Phone will attempt to make that call using the applicable cellular network. If no cellular network is available, the call should be routed over WiFi.
25. Wi-Fi Calling cannot support emergency calls made outside of NZ. Ensure you are connected to a cellular network when attempting to make an emergency call outside of NZ to be routed to the nearest emergency services.

General

26. WiFi Calling is provided on a best commercial efforts basis, with no guarantee of continued access or quality of service related to voice connectivity, because its reliance on public or private WiFi networks and internet broadband connections.
27. You can deactivate the WiFi Calling feature on your applicable Mobile Phone at any time.
28. We may suspend, end, or change WiFi Calling for any reason, including where repair or maintenance work is needed.
29. We reserve the right to block communications over WiFi Broadband networks, for example, in order to prevent fraud or where required by court order.
30. WiFi Calling is only supported on compatible Mobile Phones. Some Mobile Phones may not have the relevant software installed and will not be capable of WiFi Calling, particularly if purchased outside of NZ.
31. We may change these terms and conditions from time to time. Any changes will be notified to you in accordance with our obligations under the General Terms for Mobile Customers.