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Vodafone assumes direct control of TelstraClear managed mobile customer base July 2, 2007 With the conclusion of the TelstraClear agency agreement at the end of June, Vodafone is contacting all customers currently managed by TelstraClear to reassure ... More >>
Vodafone is delighted to announce R Kelly’s hit “Good Sex” is the first Top 20 hit sold exclusively through the Vodafone Music Store to make it into the official chart. This follows the introduction of digital music sales into the New Zealand ... More >>
This is a very opportune time to check in on where the telecommunications industry reform programme is going. Last year, I was here the very day before the Telecommunications Amendment Bill was introduced to Parliament to give effect to the policies set out ... More >>
Address to 8th Annual Telecommunications and ICT Summit Hyatt Regency, Auckland More >>
Telecom today announced the appointment of Rapp Collins Limb Walker as its new direct marketing agency. Rapp Collins Limb Walker will handle Telecom's consumer and business related direct marketing requirements, working alongside existing brand agency Saatchi ... More >>
New Zealand’s leading online sports community website, Sportcheck (www.sportcheck.co.nz) today announced that it has launched a unique 10 minute gun text alert to allow Kiwis to keep in touch with all the action in Team New Zealand’s Challenge of the 32nd ... More >>
TelstraClear has completed a major milestone for delivering faster speeds on its network, replacing the platform used for high speed Internet services. More >>
Over half of Telecom's Mobile Broadband network has now been upgraded with market-leading rev a technology. More >>
At the end of June Apple will launch its first major product since Steve Jobs 'A Greener Apple' statement. So how green will the iPhone be? More >>
The Commerce Commission has received proposals from Telecom covering the non-price terms for the unbundled local loop and co-location regulated services. Submissions on Telecom’s proposals are sought from interested parties. The closing date for ... More >>
Maori Television is celebrating the indigenous New Year with a two-part special, MATARIKI MA WHITU, screening on Monday June 18 at 9.30 PM and Wednesday June 20 at 10.00 PM. More >>
The Ministry for the Environment has released a public discussion document proposing new national environmental standards for low-impact telecommunication facilities in the road reserve. More >>
Telecom risks a fine of up to $300,000 from the Commerce Commission for failing to meet this week’s deadline to provide the Commission with a document spelling out how its competitors will be able to access its copper local loop, which is the vital ... More >>
Since its inception in 1979, Collins English Dictionary has been the dictionary that millions of people around the globe rely on for comprehensive and authoritative information on how English is used. Now, Collins is not only about to revolutionize ... More >>
The ISP Spam Code of Practice is insufficient in its present form and is cosmetic only. There will be no visible improvement of services and ISPs will be allowed to ignore the problems as they will not be required to do anything material. More >>
Kordia™ Group Limited announces that, effective 2 July 2007, it will be acquiring Orcon Internet Limited. More >>
The Commerce Department's inspector general, the official charged with investigating wrongdoing at the agency, announced his resignation in the midst of an investigation by a congressional committee into allegations of improper conduct. More >>
Telecom New Zealand will today file documents at the New Zealand High Court in relation to its intention to return around NZ$1.1b of capital to shareholders by way of a Court and shareholder approved Scheme of Arrangement. More >>
Telecom today announced a $300 million mobile network investment plan to meet New Zealand's future mobile needs. The development of a new Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) network will complement existing CDMA network capabilities and allow Telecom to provide unparalleled ... More >>
The Commerce Commission has reaffirmed its current timetable to develop regulated unbundled local loop and co-location services. On Tuesday (5 June) Telecom requested a delay in the timeframe to provide its first standard terms proposals due on 12 ... More >>
The CBA and Gen-i Australasia jointly announced today the signing of a new agreement that will extend their existing telecommunications services relationship to February 2009. More >>
Today's announcement by the Telecommunications Carriers' Forum that it has made unanimous progress on aspects of local loop unbundling and co-location is good news. More >>
‘Customer Zone’- the first stage in providing online self-service options for TelstraClear’s residential and business customers - is now available. Customer Zone can be accessed from the front page of TelstraClear’s website - www.telstraclear.co.nz. More >>
Maxnet announced today that it has signed a deal with TrustPower to provide wholesale internet services to the company’s power customers nationwide. This is in addition to the services that Maxnet provides to CallSouth which was recently acquired by ... More >>
It is only a year ago the results of the Telecommunications Stocktake were released, and the direction of future policy set, albeit rather more dramatically than I had expected. More >>
Dr Ross Patterson has been appointed the Telecommunications Commissioner and a member of the Commerce Commission for a period of five years starting 12 July 2007, says Communications Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
Sydney, May 28, 2007 – China’s communications market is rocketing ahead, recording enormous growth in its mobile, broadband and new media sectors, according to a new BuddeComm study. More >>
Dr Ross Patterson has been appointed the Telecommunications Commissioner and a member of the Commerce Commission for a period of five years starting 12 July 2007, says Communications Minister David Cunliffe. He will take over the role from the current ... More >>
The government will auction spectrum in both the 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz bands in December for nationwide and regional broadband wireless services, including WiMAX. More >>
New Zealand’s leading wireless broadband provider Woosh is preparing for the next evolution in the New Zealand broadband market, with key senior management announcements made today reflecting their plans to take advantage of emerging market opportunities. More >>
Orcon has signed it’s wholesale agreement with Vodafone which will allow it to launch the countries second GSM mobile service in October this year. With a range of 3G mobile calling and mobile broadband data plans becoming available in October, ... More >>
United Future deputy leader Judy Turner is challenging the Government to signal whether they intent to establish a national “Do Not Call register”, to stop telemarketing companies pestering people in their private homes. More >>
From today Telecom customers can access a range of exclusive All Blacks services and content on their mobile phone. More >>
TelstraClear has today announced the full merger of its Large Enterprise team, which serves the company’s key corporate clients, with its ICT subsidiary Sytec. The team has been renamed Enterprise and Government. The team is jointly led by Mark ... More >>
The White House operated a domestic surveillance program for several weeks three years ago, overriding objections by senior Justice Department officials who had informed top Bush administration officials that the spy program was illegal, a former deputy ... More >>
Transpower announced today that it has awarded a five-year contract to Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its existing telecommunications network to a new multi-service based private communications network which will connect 192 sites across New Zealand. More >>
Auckland, Wednesday 23 May 2007 - CallPlus, New Zealand’s largest 100% kiwi owned full service Telecommunications Company, today announced it will align its business structure in line with key plans to increase the company's delivery of products and ... More >>
A U.S. Commercial Service report on the broadcast market in New Zealand, released before Canwest went on the block, gives mixed ratings, at the same time as signaling some hot property. More >>
Tuesday was a remarkable day at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearings . The exchange between Sen. Charles Schumer, R, NY and former Deputy Attorney General James Comey provides clear evidence pointing to criminal activity by the president, U.S ... More >>
The proposed late-May auction of spectrum for the 2.3 GHz spectrum band has been temporarily deferred while the government considers submissions on the proposal, Communications Minister David Cunliffe says. More >>
Interest in the issues surrounding the separation of Telecom remains high, says Communications Minister David Cunliffe. "I continue to be impressed at the depth and quality of the submissions made on Telecom's separation," Mr Cunliffe said. More >>
The Internet Service Providers' Association of New Zealand (ISPANZ) today filed with the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) its response to Telecom's alternative proposal to Operational Separation. More >>
Leading players from the internet and marketing industries including the Interactive Advertising Bureau, the Marketing Association, Internet NZ and Yellow Pages Group are moving to combat the misuse of online information. More >>
Wellington-based international on-line mapping company ProjectX Technology (www.projectx.co.nz) has been recognised for its bold ambition, technological success and contribution to the community by being selected as one of four finalists in the Cyber Gold category ... More >>
A text-based tool for young people in personal crisis, or in out of control social situations could avert future tragedy. More >>
Vodafone has made New Zealand music history with an exciting new initiative to support NZ Music Month. As of today, ten thousand handsets will be available, preloaded with 130 songs from some of the best Kiwi artists - including previously unreleased music. More >>
Slingshot, has won the coveted award as the Best ISP at the 10th annual People’s Choice NeGuide Awards held last night. Tens of thousands of voters took the opportunity to vote for the best ISP in New Zealand based on reliability, price, access, support ... More >>
Bill English's over-ruling of John Key's broadband funding gaffe shows which of the co-leaders is really in charge, says Communications Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
Thanks for the invitation to be here for the launch of the VentureVoip exchange and Conduit3 product range. More >>
I.T. Link's SalesLink Mobile solution has beaten six other entrants to take the major prize at the inaugural New Zealand 3G A-List awards, which were announced in Wellington on May 8. More >>
A New Zealand company is set to take on some of the world’s leading wireless technology innovations following success in the inaugural New Zealand 3G A-List awards held in Wellington last night. More >>
CityLink MD Neil de Wit is the winner of the e-LM.com prize draw at the Convergence Oceania 2007 conference held at Te Papa yesterday More >>
Only hours after The Press in Christchurch ran this hysterical, petulant story in pursuit of alleged Chinese cheats at South Island tertiary institutions, the paper had a more serious youth story on its hands. Two kids dead, more injured and so many ... More >>
TSB Bank and Telecom have teamed up to trial New Zealand’s first ATM Payphone kiosk. More >>
United Future deputy leader Judy Turner is backing the call of Marketing Professor Janet Hoek, who says it is time for New Zealand to follow Australia's lead to enact a law enabling people to ban telephone marketers from calling them at home. More >>
EMS-Cortex, an IT company with over 10 years experience in servicing telecommunications and service providers, today announced its latest release, Cortex Release 7.0. More >>
Seven New Zealand software developers are chasing the top prize in the inaugural New Zealand 3G A-List awards, with the winner to be announced at next week’s Convergence Oceania event in Wellington. More >>
Workers at Telecom subcontractor Systemtech have begun a 24 hour strike action over poor pay and conditions and will be protesting outside Telecom’s Christchurch headquarters from 12pm today. More >>
Orcon is urging the MED (Ministry of Economic Development) to consider three main points when separating Telecom New Zealand; new services, equivalence of input, and the separation of Telecom into three entities. More >>
The Broadcasting Minister, Steve Maharey, is welcoming today's launch of digital television by Freeview, which allows New Zealanders to tune in to digital quality free-to-air TV for the first time. More >>
National leader John Key's stumbling into the broadband investment issue risks putting the price up, says Communications Minister David Cunliffe. "Of course New Zealand needs better broadband," Mr Cunliffe said. "The Labour-led government is delivering ... More >>
People holidaying and working at Hanmer Springs will be able to access super-fast broadband for the first time, from May 1. Vodafone has upgraded its mobile phone network there to include 3G mobile broadband. More >>
Tomizone, the global company offering an innovative Wi-Fi Hotspot service, is excited to announce its first ISP affiliate deal with New Zealand Internet Service Provider Orcon. Orcon is New Zealand’s largest 100% Kiwi-owned and fastest growing ISP. ... More >>
Those who have followed my comments and analyses on the mobile market in New Zealand will not have been surprised at the withdrawal of both TelstraClear and Econet from that marketplace. The fundamentals have been wrong for a long time. More >>
Vodafone welcomed today’s decision by the Minister of Economic Development, the Hon Trevor Mallard, not to accept the Commerce Commission’s recommendation to regulate termination rates for calls from landlines to mobile phones. More >>
Public comment is invited on the structural separation proposal made by Telecom in response to the government's operational separation document, says Communications Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
Legally enforceable and binding commitments by Telecom and Vodafone that will reduce fixed-to-mobile phone fees will be implemented instead of regulation, as the way forward in delivering an effective and competitive telecommunications market, Economic ... More >>
New Zealand's second largest provider of ADSL broadband is giving away free broadband to mark the one year anniversary of the announcement to unbundle the local loop. Ihug CEO Mark Rushworth says it's unbelievable that it's been a whole year since ... More >>
Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) and Unbundled Bitstream Access (UBA) must not be delayed by the Government's focus on Operational Separation. This is one of three key points made in the submission on Operational Separation filed with the MED on Friday by ... More >>
In Sydney today the Federal Court of Australia approved the scheme of arrangement between PowerTel Limited (ACN 001 760 103) (“PowerTel”) and its ordinary shareholders (“Scheme”) in relation to the transfer of all PowerTel shares to Telecom Enterprises ... More >>
Telecom says New Zealand faces a massive $1 billion broadband investment shortfall if the right policy settings aren’t put in place. This gap will only widen if the investment doesn’t occur soon. More >>
“The Securities Commission is getting an increased number of inquiries about offers of investments from bogus overseas brokers,” Director of Market Supervision, John Mulry says. More >>
Almost two-thirds (or 1 million) of New Zealand homes are connected to the Internet, Statistics New Zealand said today. Results from the Household Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey: 2006 show that just over half the connections ... More >>
More than 90 percent of businesses used the Internet in 2006, up 15 percent from 2001, Statistics New Zealand said today. In the Business Operations Survey for 2006, over three-quarters of businesses had a broadband Internet connection. Over a third ... More >>
After an exhaustive process, Vodafone has selected Colenso BBDO as its advertising agency, Colenso 99 as its retail agency and Aim Proximity for its direct marketing. More >>
The biggest administrative software upgrade ever undertaken by a New Zealand area health board, a $7.2 million upgrade of Waikato District Health Board's computerised client administration system (CAS) is complete More >>
With $10TXT Telecom customers can send up to 500 text messages each month to any mobile in New Zealand and pay no more than $10. More >>
According to Martin Wylie, CEO of CallPlus and Slingshot, a couple of millions dollars is all it could cost Vodafone and Telecom to impede competition in wireless broadband for five years. That’s a bargain for them,” he says. More >>
At a Scheme Meeting and General Meeting of PowerTel Limited (ACN 001 760 103) (“PowerTel”) in Sydney today, PowerTel shareholders voted strongly in favour of PowerTel being acquired by Telecom Enterprises Australia Pty Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary ... More >>
From this week, The Warehouse will offer Vodafone products in-store for the first time. More >>
The Government waxes eloquently on its plan of "economic transformation". That phrase in New Zealand political terms has its origin in comments by the Prime Minister at the start of the present Parliamentary term. On Wednesday "the Independent Financial ... More >>
Telecom announced today an agreement with CSL, a leading mobile operator in Hong Kong, which will see Telecom’s WorldMode coverage extend to over 180 countries internationally. More >>
TelstraClear has today released BizLine - a totally new approach to the way businesses make calls. More >>
Vodafone is bringing true competition to the landline market for the first time in New Zealand with its new package of business toll prices. Business customers who switch their toll calling to ‘Vodafone at work - tolls’ will receive dramatically ... More >>
TelstraClear today announced it has won the contract to upgrade Workbridge’s wide area network (WAN) and refresh its premise equipment in a three-year agreement. More >>
A free concert showcasing songs from the Vietnam War era will be filmed at Auckland’s Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) by Maori Television as part of its all-day ANZAC broadcast on Wednesday April 25. More >>
CGI Group Inc. (CGI) (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB) today announced the signing of a contract to implement CGI's patented Strata(R) solution in order to modernise the billing and customer care environment of it's long-standing partner, Telstra. The Strata ... More >>
The Managing Editor of Australia's much acclaimed "A Current Affair" programme, Anthony Flannery, has been appointed as TVNZ's new Head of News and Current Affairs. More >>
The Commission has published its first regular monitoring report on telecommunications markets in New Zealand. Recent amendments to the Telecommunications Act have explicitly empowered the Commerce Commission to monitor the performance of telecommunications ... More >>
The Commerce Commission today issued a notice requiring Telecom to submit a standard terms proposal for the unbundled copper local loop (LLU) co-location service. The notice requires Telecom to specify the non-price terms and conditions on which it ... More >>
TelstraClear's pilot wireless network in Tauranga is to be shut down because of a deliberate last minute change by Vodafone that meant the service would be uncompetitive. More >>
Auckland: Friday, 13 April, 2007 – Leading telecommunications specialist Cogent, a subsidiary of the Onesource Office Technology Group, has signed a dealer agreement to sell network services, with CallPlus, New Zealand’s biggest 100% kiwi-owned ... More >>
InternetNZ has noted Telecom's announcement today in response to last week's operational separation discussion document. More >>
Hats off to Vonage. It didn't just jump on the VoIP bandwagon; it created it, and for that the company deserves a bit of respect. With over two million active subscribers attracted to its aggressive pricing and unique services, Vonage generated enough ... More >>
Telecom announced today an outline of its response to the operational separation consultation document released by the MED last week. Telecom Chairman Wayne Boyd said Telecom’s submission will focus on the need to create a more sustainable future-proofed ... More >>
Competition will continue to increase in the telecommunications sector because users of all forms of technologies continue to grow, especially in personal communications. This applies to the mobile industry, where mobile subscribers have more than doubled ... More >>
Government decisions on the renewal of cellular spectrum rights provide for better utilisation of under-used mobile spectrum, says Communications Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – 11 April 2007 – Healthphone today announced the appointment of former Microsoft Corporation senior director Debbi Gillotti as its Chief Executive Officer, effective 4 June. Ms Gillotti will lead the company’s business expansion ... More >>
Broadband wireless access (BWA) services will be boosted by the new allocation of 2.3GHz spectrum, Communications Minister David Cunliffe says. More >>
InternetNZ President Colin Jackson today welcomed the government's release of a consultation document setting out the proposed shape of operational separation that will be applied to Telecom. More >>
Further radio spectrum for broadband wireless access has been made available with changes made to the General User Radio Licence for short range devices, says Communications Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
Further radio spectrum for broadband wireless access has been made available with changes made to the General User Radio Licence for short range devices, says Communications Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
Communications Minister David Cunliffe has released the government's consultation document on the operational separation of Telecom NZ. More >>
The long awaited launch of Number Portability in New Zealand this week means that customers can now seamlessly transfer their phone services to Woosh, keeping their same phone number, and enjoying the savings & choice that Woosh provides. More >>
Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel and Energy Minister David Parker today released a discussion document reviewing the price control provisions of the Commerce Act. Lianne Dalziel said the discussion document sets out options to improve certainty ... More >>
BuddeBlog - Fibre and digital media – the European topics - Value-added ISPs are starting to arrive - Will Hutch do the trick - Finland slowly ditching dial-up Internet - How to spend New Zealand’s Yellow Pages money - Can we stop the broadband train ... More >>
InternetNZ is undertaking a series of consultations with industry, government and other stakeholders to address issues around peering and local interconnection. More >>
Telecom’s statement that competitors will not have access to local loops until late 2008 is a two-finger salute to the Government and customers who are tired of waiting for a choice of telecommunications provider. More >>
The Commerce Commission has released for comment a discussion paper giving its preliminary view on the interrelationship between Part 2 of the Commerce Act and the Telecommunications Act. More >>
Polycom, Inc. [NASDAQ: PLCM], the world's leading provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, today announced the appointment of Mr Michael S Chetner as Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand effective 01 April 2007. Mr Chetner ... More >>
TelstraClear today announced it is prepared for local and mobile number portability. More >>
Consumers will be able to keep their existing home and mobile telephone numbers when they change service providers from Sunday, says Communications Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
Australian market research company DBM Consultants has set up shop in New Zealand, using TelstraClear as its telecommunications provider. Focused on the Australian market, the Auckland call centre conducts market research calls across the Tasman, ... More >>
Telecom has today installed New Zealand’s first Webphone at the Sylvia Park Shopping Centre in Auckland. More >>
Plunket today launched the new PlunketLine telephone service that will be run in-house to ensure families continue to have access to expert help on child health and development. More >>
Vodafone is reviewing its advertising agency contract and has invited a number of industry players to participate with an RFP being issued in the next few days. More >>
Advertising agency Lowe New Zealand is restructuring its business after losing the Vodafone New Zealand account. Lowe CEO Australia and New Zealand Stephen Pearson said that Vodafone, while acknowledging the valuable role Lowe had played in building ... More >>
The Commission has begun the process of determining standard terms for access by other operators to Telecom's telephone exchanges. The aim is to set the terms by which other operators can co-locate equipment required to make use of Telecom's unbundled ... More >>
"Michael Cullen's claim that Kiwisaver would mean locally managed funds could be used to buy assets like the Yellow Pages is ridiculous and misleading," says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. "Kiwisaver providers will be obliged to diversify ... More >>
NZ Communications Ltd, formerly Econet Wireless New Zealand (EWNZ), has announced the signing of a major contract with leading Chinese telecommunications supplier, Huawei. This follows capital investment from international private equity funds, ... More >>
Maxnet is winning significant market share in a market space previously the preserve of Telecom. The recent official launch of Maxnet’s Business Connect service means it is now a serious contender as a MPLS Virtual Private Network (VPN) provider. More >>
Pegasus Town today announced TelstraClear has won an exclusive contract to install telecommunications services. More >>
Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited (“Telecom”) today confirmed that it has reached agreement to sell Telecom’s Yellow Pages Group (“YPG”) to a private equity consortium consisting of CCMP Capital and Teachers’ Private Capital, the ... More >>
Communications Minister David Cunliffe has conducted talks with British and continental European telecommunications authorities during his visit to Europe to support New Zealand's presence at the CeBIT information technology trade fair. More >>
The latest Ministry of Economic Development international benchmarking report shows New Zealand is making progress in telecommunications performance compared with other countries but needs to move much faster. More >>
From today, customers can sign up for any of ihug's products in Vodafone retail store throughout New Zealand. "This is a major milestone for us in the move towards our 'mobile-plus' strategy and it's great news for customers who want a one-stop shop ... More >>
Vodafone and SKY TV don’t just like cricket, we love it. And now we’re delivering the Black Caps to your 3G mobile. More >>
The AA has formalised their relationship with digital mapping innovator GeoSmart, with the acquisition of their assets announced today. With over 1.2 million members, the AA is always looking for ways to assist motorists, says Pete Blackwell, General ... More >>
Auckland-based AdvanceRetail Technology, New Zealand’s leading point of sale software provider, has signed a conditional agreement to join the 3Q Holdings group (ASX: TQH) which also owns Sydney-based SVI Retail, as well as Applied Retail Systems in ... More >>
The Government has committed $104 million to the roll-out of digital television, but doesn’t know how many New Zealanders will be signing up to it, and can’t even tell the public how much it will cost to buy the basic equipment required, says ... More >>
The Securities Commission has released the names of two new telephone share fraudsters calling New Zealanders. Chase Capital Inc from the United States of America and Tradex Corporation from China are the most recent companies calling New Zealanders with ... More >>
“Labour appears to have been less than upfront with the public about the costs of switching to digital television, says National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman. More >>
Think that phone call or text message sounds like a scam? "Hang up or delete" is the advice today from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and the Commerce Commission, as part of Fraud Awareness Month. More >>
With the closing of Well Child week 2007 (March 5 - 11), Plunket wants to remind New Zealanders to keep up the positive focus on children’s well being. “The theme of this year’s well child week – ‘time is your most precious gift’ – was ... More >>
Bullying is second only to handling friendships as the biggest problem for callers to What’s Up, the free professional telephone counselling service for five to 18 year olds. More >>
Hong Kong Cyberport, Hong Kong's IT flagship, and Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced the creation of a pioneering model at Cyberport for a city-wide Wi-Fi network empowered by a Cisco wireless local area network (WLAN). More >>
The completion of three significant fibre optic projects worth about $16 million means that Telecom’s southern network is now more connected than ever before. More >>
Internet broadband (non-analog) subscriber numbers continue to increase, and are up nearly 30 percent in the six months to 30 September 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. The total number of Internet subscribers in New Zealand is now almost ... More >>
Telecommunications Commissioner Douglas Webb has agreed to continue in his role until 11 July 2007, says Communications Minister David Cunliffe. Mr Webb's term as commissioner is due to finish on 11 March. The extension of his term will provide continuity with ... More >>
New online media company Yahoo!Xtra has today announced the appointment of Phil Armstrong as Finance Director. A former financial controller at both Prime Television and the Radio Network, Mr Armstrong was most recently an Account Manager for Newstalk ZB ... More >>
From today, New Zealand's largest Kiwi owned Internet provider and fastest growing telecommunications company Orcon is providing a true alternative to Telecom home phone services. With the launch of Orcon Homeline, New Zealanders can stop paying ... More >>
Telecom announced today the launch of two new residential calling plans designed to extend New Zealand’s back yard to include the whole country and/or ten of the most popular international calling destinations. More >>
The search for Miss Universe New Zealand 2007 is on and this year the public can have their say in who should represent our country internationally.From this year’s 24 contestants the winner will depart New Zealand on April 29 to go on to the Miss ... More >>
In the wake of entrepreneur Rod Drury's call (see NZ Herald story) for a national fibre network with multiple independent peering exchanges, The Internet Service Providers Association of New Zealand (ISPANZ) calls on Government to take immediate steps to ... More >>
A decision on the possible regulation of fixed-to-mobile phone fees for carriers has been deferred for a short period, while the Crown engages with Vodafone and Telecom on commercial offers they have made as alternatives to regulation, Economic Development ... More >>
Attention business, telecoms and news editors For immediate release February 28, 2007 Yellow Pages Group extends 018 TXT service to Vodafone Yellow Pages Group, provider of the national 018 directory assistance service, today announced the extension of ... More >>
Annual figures have revealed that last year police communications centres received the highest number of emergency calls, while achieving the highest annual service levels, since data started being recorded in its current form in 2001. More >>
Mobile Broadband users in Wellington and Christchurch cities now have access to the world’s best available mobile broadband technology, with Telecom’s revision a upgrade now available in the CBDs of both cities. More >>
Kiwis will have a new way to access New Zealand’s favourite free email service – Hotmail - with the launch of msn.co.nz on 1 March 2007. msn.co.nz is the new home of Hotmail, MSN Messenger, Live Search and a range of information and entertainment ... More >>
Telecom New Zealand and Yahoo!7 today launched a new joint venture media company, Yahoo!Xtra. The Auckland-based company will provide world-class online content and products for New Zealanders at www.yahooxtra.co.nz, which goes live tomorrow. More >>
Vodafone is apologising for confusing customers, after an Advertising Complaints Board finding relating to its BestMate service, which allows prepay customers to make unlimited calls, txts and video calls to another Vodafone number. More >>
Microsoft to showcase IPTV on Xbox 360 for the first time in Europe at The Connected Home More >>
The Commission has begun the process of deciding standard terms covering access by other operators to Telecom's copper local loops and bitstream services. The Commission will require Telecom to submit standard proposals for the supply of these services. More >>
The Commerce Commission has issued a draft decision today after reconsidering the pricing aspects of Decision 582. More >>
Internet Telco Combined Technology has announced an affordable VoIP Telco partnership programme to further expand its international network of independent Internet Telco providers within New Zealand and around the globe. More >>
The Ministry of Justice and Gen-i today announced that they have signed contracts for the supply of telecommunications services and also for supply of information technology support services. More >>
Maori Television’s sensational sports entertainment show CODE launches its new season with a 90-minute live-to-air special from Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival in Palmerston North on Thursday February 22 at 8.30 PM (repeated Sunday February ... More >>
Internet web hosting provider PrimeHost says it is not surprised that around 100 web sites across the country have been hacked and defaced by an international hacker. Dale McIsaac, Director of Operations at PrimeHost announced that customers hosted ... More >>
Telecom is expecting over 12 million texts will be sent this Valentines Day by loved-up Telecom customers. More >>
3GSM World Congress 2007 -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), a global leader in wireless communications, today delivered compelling mobile experiences with a portfolio of devices and solutions that demonstrate the company's leadership in design, music, ... More >>
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and Australian operator Telstra have achieved a significant milestone: the launch of the world’s first 200km cell range in a commercial mobile broadband network. This was announced today at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona ... More >>
The makers of one of Mäori Television’s most successful programmes, School of Hard Knocks, have returned to Massey University’s Palmerston North campus to produce a second series. More >>
The 15MHz spectrum cap that applies to 3G radio spectrum will continue for a further three-year period until May 2010 to facilitate workable and effective competition in the future market for 3G mobile telephony services, Communications Minister David ... More >>
“Broadcasting Minister Steve Maharey needs to say whether he supports a suggestion that the state television broadcaster is looking to expand into commercial radio,” says National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman. More >>
Impressive technology developed by a global IT company will change the way lifestyle brands interact with their customers. In an Asia Pacific first, the new technology – called Broadcaster™ – allows New Zealand companies to send image-rich and ... More >>
Communications Minister David Cunliffe wishes Telecom chief executive Theresa Gattung well following the announcement today of her resignation. More >>
Telecom is helping to bring together a celebration of all things ‘Made from NZ’ this Waitangi day, by contributing to the building of a 100ft silver fern on Santa Monica beach. More >>
TeamTalk has invested in a new technology which will massively improve government responses in disasters and national emergencies. The IP-based technology, called P25, allows agencies to talk directly to each other when required, while providing ... More >>
Industry and user organisations, internet service providers, Telecom New Zealand and other interested parties met in Palmerston North yesterday to begin discussion of operational separation of Telecom. Government agencies attended as observers. More >>
Vodafone New Zealand’s results for the three months to 31 December 2007 show it picked up an extra 89,000 customers – and Vodafone attributes the rise to the popularity of its BestMate service. More >>
Telecom New Zealand Chief Executive Theresa Gattung today announced plans to acquire 100% of the shares in Australian listed entity, PowerTel Limited. The plan has been unanimously endorsed by the PowerTel directors and the proposal involves Telecom ... More >>
A team of trained Kiwis could be the first to provide IT and telecommunications support to a disaster-affected country in Asia or the Pacific, thanks to some new Red Cross equipment. More >>
The Commerce Commission has received an application for an undertaking from Vodafone. The application is in the context of the Commission's investigation into whether or not to amend the roaming and co-location services currently regulated under the ... More >>
TelstraClear has smashed toll boundaries for households, turning the Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch phone book into a ‘Big Back Yard’ for regional phone calls. More >>
Slingshot To Take Full Advantage Of Naked DSL And LLU With Nationwide Launch Of Homeline Services More >>
Taking the hassle out of managing mobile costs and the associated savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars are two key turn-ons driving major New Zealand businesses to adopt Vodafone spendManager, an end-to-end expense management system. More >>
Auckland, 18 January 2007: LG Electronics Australasia and Vodafone New Zealand have today unveiled 2007’s must-have 3G mobile phone - the chic, sleek and stylish LG Chocolate (KU800). More >>
Telecom is encouraging people to discover the educational benefits of the Internet by offering education funds as a broadband subscription incentive. More >>
I very much welcome the review of the range of Telecommunications Service Obligations (TSO) services that are to be provided under the government’s so called Kiwi Share arrangements. These obligations currently only encompass universal access to telephone ... More >>
New Zealand First communications spokesperson Brian Donnelly says he's disappointed that Telecom is using its power to increase user charges once again, despite recent regulatory moves intended to lower telecommunication costs to consumers. More >>
The Kiwi Share agreement between the government and Telecom that ensures households enjoy free local phone calls is being reviewed to ensure it takes account of fast-changing technologies. More >>
Washington - The Pentagon has been using a little-known power to obtain banking and credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of terrorism or espionage inside the United States, part of an aggressive expansion by the military ... More >>
From the telephone to the internet, some of the world’s most important advances were made thanks only to the determination and experimental spirit of their creators. More >>
Telecom’s monthly line rental charges for a range of plans will increase by between $1.00 and $1.85 from March. Telecom General Manager Consumer Marketing Kevin Bowler said the increase to Telecom’s line rental charges reflected unavoidable cost increases ... More >>
People from all around New Zealand will be converging on Blenheim and the super-secret Waihopai satellite interception spybase, in Marlborough, on the weekend of January 19-21. America's tragically futile war in Iraq drags on with no end in sight. The ... More >>
Today Ericsson Australia released its comprehensive Consumer Lab survey that explores Australian consumer usage patterns and their willingness for new IT and telecommunications services. The study surveyed over 2000 Australians, representing a metropolitan population ... More >>
Apple’s new iPhone with pocket computer capability will revolutionise online trading of games, music, images and videos, according to voeveo.com, a leading website marketplace for mobile content. Voeveo says the convergence of phone and computer functions on ... More >>
One of the big winners in the last election may turn out to be the principle, known as net neutrality, that Internet service providers should not be able to favor some content over others. Democrats who are moving into the majority in Congress - led ... More >>
The Commission will reconsider pricing aspects of Decision 582. That Decision deals with the supply by Telecom of bitstream to ihug and CallPlus. Following the reconsideration, the Commission may amend the pricing terms. In the meantime the Decision remains ... More >>
Communications Minister David Cunliffe has delegated the decision on the Commerce Commission's mobile termination rate recommendations to his colleague, Economic Development Minister Trevor Mallard. More >>
(APN) ATLANTA – The US Department of Justice’s (USDOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) opened a review of the USDOJ’s role in the National Security Agency’s (NSA) warrantless wiretapping program on November 27, 2006, according to a letter ... More >>
The word of the year for 2006 is "unbundled", according to the readers of the popular New Zealand blog website Public Address. The keyword of telecommunications reform trumped all others in an online vote at Public Address' community site, Public Address ... More >>
The word of the year for 2006 is "unbundled", according to the readers of the popular New Zealand blog website Public Address. More >>
After listening to feedback from their customers, Woosh has today removed excess usage charges on both their wireless and wired (ADSL) broadband plans . More >>
The Commerce Commission has released its draft determination on the cost of the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) for the hearing impaired. The TRS is a telecommunications service obligation (TSO) operated by Sprint International New Zealand. More >>
SKY Television and Vodafone today announced the launch of a new TV service, SKY Mobile TV. The new mobile service, for customers of Vodafone with 3G handsets, will revolutionise how people will be able to view television in New Zealand. The service will be available ... More >>
Milan - A few days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the CIA station chief in Rome paid a visit to the head of Italy's military intelligence agency, Adm. Gianfranco Battelli, to float a proposal: Would the Italian secret services help the CIA kidnap ... More >>
San Francisco - Federal agents continue to eavesdrop on Americans' electronic communications without warrants a year after President Bush confirmed the practice, and experts say a new Congress' efforts to limit the program could trigger a constitutional showdown. More >>
Orcon was today awarded the Best Internet Service Provider for Mac in the 2006 New Zealand Macguide awards. The award recognises a commitment to providing products and support that address Apple product users requirements and is decided on by the ... More >>
The Commerce Commission has received an application from CallPlus for reconsideration of Decision 582 so far as it relates to the price of the regulated bitstream service supplied to CallPlus by Telecom. This follows a similar application by ihug Limited. More >>
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