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2degrees to sell tower assets to Canadian business

The $1.08 billion deal involves 1,124 towers across Aotearoa and New Zealand 2degrees Mobile has agreed to sell its tower assets to Connexa, the independent mobile tower business that is partially owned by Spark New Zealand. The $1.08 billion deal involves 1,124 towers across Aotearoa...

Keg tracking with Konvoy – how the beer industry got buzzed on IoT

Australian outfit Konvoy Group started three years ago, in the summer of 2019, as a keg rental business, offering logistics support to craft brewers in its home country. It has, in the meantime, expanded its services portfolio, launched in international markets, and signed with...

New Zealand window maker AGP connects trolley fleet to Thinxtra’s Sigfox network

New Zealand glass manufacturer Architectural Glass Products (AGP) has recruited local pair Pollin8 and Thinxtra, providing IoT gadgetry and IoT networking respectively, to deploy low-power wide-area (LPWA) battery-powered Sigfox trackers on 1,750 delivery trolleys, carrying glass products to customers around the country. The trolleys...

Spark New Zealand and Samsung extend 5G reach in Auckland

Samsung is also suppling 4G solutions to the operator's existing network in select locations to help enhance its network services Samsung Electronics and Spark New Zealand first turned on 5G in select parts of Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand in March 2021. The pair have...

Samsung and Spark New Zealand bring 5G to Christchurch

Samsung and Spark have been working together on 5G trials since 2019 Samsung announced its first network installation in New Zealand, where it has worked with Spark New Zealand to launch a 5G network in Christchurch, the most populous city in South Island of New...

Telensa rolls on with New Zealand deal for 15,000 smart street lights

UK firm Telensa has struck a deal to provide smart controls to 15,000 LED street lights in the City of Dunedin in New Zealand. The arrangement is part of a deal by Spanish-owned, Australia-based infrastructure management company Broadspectrum to upgrade the city’s streetlighting network. Broadspectrum...

Vodafone NZ leaves Southern Cross for Pacific Fibre

iTnews | August 22, 2011 | Juha Saarinen Vodafone's New Zealand subsidiary has confirmed plans to move all international capacity to submarine cable contender Pacific Fibre, replacing current arrangements with rival Southern Cross by 2014. Read the full article here via iTnews

Telcom delivers strong second half performance and increases dividend

Telecom NZ | August 19, 2011 | Press Release Telecom New Zealand has today announced adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxation, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) of $1,801m for the year to 30 June 2011, an increase of 2.1% on the previous financial year, and above previous...

Vodafone New Zealand Agrees to Take Capacity on Pacific Cable for 10 Years

Bloomberg | August 21, 2011 | Tracy Withers Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) agreed to a 10- year deal to take capacity on a new undersea fiber cable linking New Zealand, Australia and the U.S. Read the full article here via Bloomberg

Pacific Fibre Selects TE Subcom to supply cable system

Pacific Fibre | July 18, 2011 | Lance Wiggs 12,750km System Will Set Record for Cross Sectional Capacity, Support Increasing Capacity Demands in Australia and New Zealand Read the full article here via Pacific Fibre  

Telecom [New Zealand] open to foreign buyer

New Zealand Herald | June 17, 2011 | Hamish Fletcher Foreign firms will be allowed to buy up Telecom's retail business when the company breaks up this year. Under its Kiwi Share obligations, no foreign company can own ...... Read full article here via New Zealand Herald  

Formal investigation of trans-Tasman roaming to begin

National | April 28, 2011 | Hon Steven Joyce New Zealand and Australia have launched a formal investigation into the trans-Tasman roaming services provided by the two countries’ mobile operators. Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce made the announcement this morning with his Australian counterpart Senator...

Press Release: Record Commerce Act penalty against Telecom for price squeeze

New Zealand Commerce Commission | April 19, 2011 | Press Release The High Court in Auckland has imposed a $12 million penalty against Telecom for breaching section 36 of the Commerce Act in the so-called ‘data tails’ case. The penalty is the highest imposed under...

New Zealand: Consumers and Businesses oppose broadband legislation

RCR Wireless Asia | April 12, 2011 | Sandra Cuya This week TUANZ, Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand, sent a letter to the New Zealand government concerning the ultra-fast broadband proposal. TUANZ is made up of large organizations and small businesses who depend on telecommunications technology...

Vodafone New Zealand’s commercial “Sure Signal” service powered by Alcatel-Lucent small cells

Alcatel-Lucent | April 4, 2011 | Press Release Enabling “5-star, 5-bar” 3G mobile coverage for residential and business users Paris and Singapore (Femto Cells Asia), April 4th, 2011 – Vodafone New Zealand has selected Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) to power its commercial “Sure Signal”...

Video: Big queues for Ipad 2 in Australia

March 26, 2011 | Video News via CNTV

UFB receives strong interest from service providers

CrownFibre | March 22, 2011 | Press Release Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) over fibre is proving an attractive proposition in the market, with thirteen (13) telecommunications service providers indicating they want to sell the new UFB service to customers. CFH expects retailers' product offerings and prices to...

CFH announces prioritised negotiations with Central Fibre Consortium

Crown Fibre Holdings | March 8, 2011 | Press Release MEDIA RELEASE Under strict embargo until 0900 8 March, 2011 CFH announces prioritised negotiations with Central Fibre Consortium Crown Fibre Holdings Limited (CFH) has today confirmed that it has selected the Central Fibre Consortium for prioritised negotiations...

Relief calling credit applied for Christchurch customers

Telecom New Zealand | March 2, 2011 | Press Release Telecom has announced it will credit all residential landline customers in Christchurch and its neighbouring towns for any national and international calls made in the week following Tuesday’s earthquake (until midnight Monday 28 February). Alan Gourdie,...

Kordia result impacted by early digital switch over

Kordia | February 28, 2011 | Press Release Auckland, New Zealand: - Kordia announced today that its solid underlying trading result for the half year to 31 December 2010 has been impacted by the decision to bring Digital Switch Over (DSO) forward to 2012. CEO Geoff...

Fujitsu launches global cloud services in Australia

Fujitsu | February 28, 2011 | Press Release First region outside Japan to roll out standardized cloud platform Tokyo, February 28, 2011 — Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions today announced the unveiling of its Global Cloud Services portfolio in Australia and New Zealand, the...

Telecom New Zealand extends and expands relationship with Brightstar

Brightstar | February 15, 2011 | Press Release Brightstar NZ Signed to a New, Three-Year Supply Chain Contract with Telecom New Zealand MIAMI and AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightstar, a global leader in services and solutions for the wireless industry, announced today...

2degrees unveils $100m network expansion

New Zealand Herald | February 10, 2011 | Hamish Fletcher 2degrees plans to invest $100 million in its network over the next two years, extending its reach into more parts of New Zealand. The announcement follows a deal between 2degrees and international telecommunications giant Huawei, which...

N.Z. selects Telecom, Vodafone for rural broadband

Bloomberg | February 7, 2011 | Iain Wilson New Zealand’s government selected Telecom Corp. and Vodafone Group Plc as partners to build a broadband Internet network across New Zealand’s rural areas. Commercial negotiations with the two companies have begun and are likely to be concluded by...