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...
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 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...
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 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...
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...
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.
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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...
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.
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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
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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
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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...
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...
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...
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”...
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...
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...
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 | 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 | 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...
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...
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...
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...
