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The New Zealand Government has issued a call for participants to join its national fibre roll-out under which it hopes to raise NZ$1.5 billion from the private sector.
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The Japanese government is set to invest heavily in setting up a robotics industry, in a move that could speed up the development of futuristic devices such as robots that could nurse and entertain people, or carry out dangerous tasks.
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