Latest Telecommunications Headlines

Rural Broadband and mobile coverage arrives at Wharepapa

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:49:02 +1200 | Vodafone

Mobile coverage and broadband options just got better for residents and visitors to the Wharepapa South area of Waipa District, as Vodafone lights up its newly built cell site under the Government’s Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI).More >>

Rural Broadband and mobile coverage arrives at Castle Point

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:02:27 +1200 | Vodafone

Mobile coverage and broadband options just got better for residents and visitors to the Castle Point area of Masterton as Vodafone lights up its newly built cell site under the Government’s Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI).More >>

Gen-i opens new $10.5m Christchurch data centre

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:30:55 +1200 | gen-i

Gen-i has today celebrated the official opening of its new $10.5 million Tier 3, data centre in Christchurch by Hon Amy Adams, Minister for Communications and Information Technology. More >>

Telecom drops court action, takes Vodafone spat to regulator

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:59:19 +1200 | BusinessDesk

Aug. 13 (BusinessDesk) - Telecom Corp is taking its spat with rival Vodafone New Zealand to the Commerce Commission after dropping threatened legal action over the ‘SuperNet’ ad campaign. More >>

Vodafone SuperNet advertising campaign continues unchanged

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:48:40 +1200 | Vodafone

Vodafone’s SuperNet advertising campaign will continue unchanged following Telecom’s announcement today it has dropped its court case seeking an injunction. More >>

Telecom unbundling key to regulator’s copper conundrum

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:35:51 +1200 | BusinessDesk

Aug. 13 (BusinessDesk) - Telecom Corp’s dominance in the country’s retail broadband market and how it chooses to unbundle services on Chorus’ ageing copper network are central to the conundrum facing the Commerce Commission. More >>

Commerce Commission seeks further feedback for UBA

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:20:04 +1200 | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has today released an update paper on matters relevant to its price review of the unbundled bitstream access (UBA) service. The UBA price review started last year and the Commission expects to make a final decision in late October. ...More >>

Ministers welcome collaboration between MCH agencies

Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:55:00 +1200 | New Zealand Government

Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson and Broadcasting Minister Craig Foss have welcomed collaboration that will lead to greater efficiencies and savings for Crown entities NZ On Air, the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) and ...More >>

Jenny Morrison appointed Independent Chair of NZUAG

Fri, 9 Aug 2013 14:37:00 +1200 | NZ Utilities Advisory Group

The New Zealand Utilities Advisory Group (NZUAG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jenny Morrison as its Independent Chair. “We are delighted to have someone of Jenny’s calibre and experience chairing the NZUAG Board,” Board spokesman David ...More >>

Vodafone’s RBI rollout ploughs ahead of targets

Thu, 8 Aug 2013 17:17:13 +1200 | Vodafone

As the second year of construction ends, Vodafone is celebrating its commitment to rural connectivity by over achieving on each of its delivery targets under the Government’s Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI), meaning that well over 110,000 rural households ...More >>

Further comment on Operation Carlton (Tea Pot Tapes)

Thu, 8 Aug 2013 15:49:41 +1200 | New Zealand Police

NZ Police have received a number of requests for a copy of the Operation Carlton ("tea pot tapes") investigation file. An appropriately redacted copy of the file was provided to Mr Ambrose's legal team in June 2012 as part of the disclosure ...More >>

Telco law review not enough to save Chorus dividends:m broke

Thu, 8 Aug 2013 11:19:40 +1200 | BusinessDesk

Aug. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Chorus’s board will probably have to cut its return to shareholders with promising signs in a government review of telecommunications law still likely to leave a hole in the network operator’s earnings, according to a ...More >>

Rural Broadband and mobile coverage arrives at Feilding

Thu, 8 Aug 2013 10:55:48 +1200 | Vodafone

Mobile coverage and broadband options just got better for residents and visitors to Feilding East, as Vodafone has lit up its newly built cell site under the Government’s Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI).More >>

Review of the Telecommunications Act

Thu, 8 Aug 2013 10:37:32 +1200 | Slingshot

The Government has announced plans to maintain artificially high copper prices, effectively placing a levy of up to $150 a year on consumers to support the fibre rollout. This move is to ensure that the price consumers currently pay for copper based broadband ...More >>

East Coast Iwi and 2degrees join forces

Wed, 7 Aug 2013 18:20:18 +1200 | 2Degrees

An innovative partnership announced today between a collective of Ngati Porou organisations and mobile telecommunications company 2degrees, will offer substantial benefits to members of the East Coast-based tribe.More >>

Consumers subsidise ultra fast broadband rollout

Wed, 7 Aug 2013 15:51:16 +1200 | Consumer NZ

Consumers will not benefit from lower prices for their copper broadband services under proposals announced today by the Government to overrule the independent regulator's draft pricing. More >>

Winston Peters’ Phone Records in Teacup Tape Probe

Wed, 7 Aug 2013 15:21:12 +1200 | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters says he is outraged to learn that police wanted to use his personal telephone records to prosecute a cameraman whose tape recorder captured the teacup conversation between John Key and John Banks in the 2011 election campaign.More >>