Vodafone NZ has complained that prices set yesterday for competitors to access Telecom New Zealand's fibre-to-the-node roadside cabinets are too high for competitors to make a profit.
The New Zealand Government's $1.5 billion investment in its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network faces lengthy delays as the government untangles 104 submissions on its broadband plan.
The New Zealand government's plan to spend $1.5 billion subsidising fibre-to-the-home broadband is not an effective use of public money, according to a report commissioned by major New Zealand broadband providers Telecom NZ, Vodafone and TelstraClear.
The New Zealand Government has announced plans to create a state-owned investment company that will spearhead its $1.5 billion National Broadband Network initiative.
New Zealand is to get a new mobile phone provider, with the announcement today of an agreement between Telecom New Zealand and TelstraClear.
Five consecutive days without broadband has led me to what seemed at the time to be an act of desperation: contemplating signing up for Telstra's 100Mbps cable modem service.
As we know, farmers are such bleaters. They bleat as much as the four-legged woolly things in their paddocks. If it's not the weather, it's the strength of the dollar! Nothing is ever right. Likewise with rural broadband.
Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.
Telstra's New Zealand arm TelstraClear is one strange company ...
Getting Senator Stephen Conroy's regulatory reform for the telecommunications industry through the parliament would need support from the Senate. On Twisted Wire we ring around to see which parties are supportive and which are against.
A remarkable four-car pile-up is about to happen with the National Broadband Network; goodness knows what will emerge from the wreckage. Maybe there'll be no survivors at all.
Analysts have responded to the Federal Government's new NBN strategy with optimism, noting that while risky, the plan makes an important break from years of stagnation and promises an important new foundation for Australia's broadband future.
Telstra's decision to upgrade its cable definitely now means that the National Broadband Network won't get built. This policy has ceased to be, it rests in peace. This is an ex-policy.
Functional separation is a powerful tool that could be employed to ensure consumers receive value for money, choice, variety, and innovative services across the nation.
2008 was a cracker year for telco in Australia, with so many huge events happening that those at the beginning of the year have been drowned by the importance of those at the end.
The profit motive of cybercriminals has caused the total number of known malware threats to double from 250,000 to 500,000 in just one year. "Essentially, in one year we did 20 years of work," says F-Secure's senior security specialist, Patrik Runald.
Market scepticism hasn't dampened industry fervour in Asia-Pacific for rolling out public wireless access points, known as hot spots, nor has it put the brakes on user subscriptions, according to a study by market analyst firm IDC.
Have third-generation services failed the wireless industry? So thinks Marty Cooper, the man who's credited with inventing the cell phone.
The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.
Intel will promote the Advanced Switching specification, a derivative of the PCI Express standard for servers and PCs, for connecting chips and circuit boards inside of networking equipment.
Spam sent by text message could become a bigger problem than e-mail-based spam unless the industry takes action, according to an independent mobile phone regulator.
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