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Ericsson to close down telecom cable manufacturing
Posted on 23-May-2013 08:46Tags News, Broadband
Compmany recently opened fiber duct plant in Porirua, New Zealand and says decision should not affect local fiber production. Comments (Comments)

Kordia sells Orcon business
Posted on 15-Apr-2013 13:16Tags News, Broadband
The buyer is a group of New Zealand business people, headed by Warren Hurst, Managing Director of Vivid Networks Comments (Comments)

Telecom completes Yahoo! Xtra review
Posted on 5-Apr-2013 12:14Tags News, Broadband
Telecom New Zealand announced today that it will continue to offer its Yahoo! Xtra email service with Yahoo as its email provider. Comments (Comments)

Telecom New Zealand confirms job cuts
Posted on 28-Mar-2013 09:39Tags News, Broadband
Telecom expects to reduce its number of full time equivalent employees from 7,530 at 31 December 2012 to approximately 6,300 to 6,600 by the middle of this year. Comments (Comments)

Telecom introduces Ultra Fibre plans
Posted on 27-Mar-2013 12:33Tags News, Broadband
Ultra Fast Broadband services on fibre available to consumers from 28th March. Comments (Comments)

Ericsson to open fibre optic cable duct production facility in Porirua
Posted on 21-Feb-2013 13:51Tags News, Broadband
The facility located in Todd Park, Porirua will initially service the New Zealand fibre needs as part of the Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) and Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) Network deployments, with potential to also meet demand in the Asia Pacific region. Comments (Comments)

Telecom, Vodafone and Telstra to invest in new Auckland- Sydney cable
Posted on 19-Feb-2013 08:57Tags News, Broadband
Telecom, Vodafone and Telstra announced today they have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to co-invest in the construction of a new submarine cable between Auckland and Sydney. Comments (Comments)

Orcon Ultra-Fast Broadband in Invercargill, Wanganui, New Plymouth and Tauranga
Posted on 14-Feb-2013 09:10Tags News, Broadband
Residents and businesses in the Invercargill, Wanganui, New Plymouth and Tauranga areas can now access the country’s new $1.5bn ultra-fast broadband (UFB) network, thanks to internet company Orcon. Comments (Comments)

Telecom New Zealand to contact customers to change email password
Posted on 13-Feb-2013 18:02Tags News, Broadband
Telecom is initiating a password change programme to fix problems with Yahoo! Xtra customer email accounts that have been compromised by a recent cyber attack.
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Telecom New Zealand to review its email service
Posted on 12-Feb-2013 20:35Tags News, Broadband
Telecom said today it was commencing a review of email service to its broadband customers following a series of issues which have impacted negatively on the Yahoo! Xtra service over the past year Comments (Comments)

Telecom investing in core infrastructure upgrade
Posted on 5-Feb-2013 10:52Tags News, Broadband
Telecom New Zealand has contracted Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade the telecommunications provider’s core transport network to a converged 100Gbps Optical Transport Network (100G OTN) this calendar year. Comments (Comments)

Belkin to buy Linksys router maker from Cisco
Posted on 25-Jan-2013 14:28Tags News, Broadband
Belkin, a private company based in Playa Vista, Calif., with operations and sales in more than 100 countries, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cisco’s Home Networking Business Unit. Comments (Comments)

InternetNZ appoints Jordan Carter as Acting Chief Executive
Posted on 24-Jan-2013 12:53Tags News, Broadband
Mr Carter will lead the organisation while a new Chief Executive is recruited. His appointment commences on Monday 28 January 2013. Comments (Comments)

Australian domain registrar Instra Corp powers mega.co.nz
Posted on 18-Jan-2013 22:23Tags News, Broadband
As Mega prepares to launch their new cloud storage service on January 19, 2013, Instra Corporation – a global domain name registrar – is primed to provide expert product, billing and technical support services to mega.co.nz users. Comments (Comments)

Inventor of the Web Sir Tim Berners-Lee to deliver public lecture in Wellington
Posted on 16-Jan-2013 14:36Tags News, Broadband
Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s lecture will focus on the social, economic and innovation opportunities of the Internet. Through the story of his invention of the World Wide Web, he will explain why the Internet needs openness to deliver these opportunities. Comments (Comments)

Telecom email problems due to cable cut between Australia and Singapore
Posted on 15-Jan-2013 13:01Tags News, Broadband
A cut in a deep-sea cable between Australia and Singapore is causing email problems for Telecom users. Comments (Comments)

Southern Cross announces further 20% capacity prices reduction
Posted on 14-Jan-2013 13:27Tags News, Broadband
Southern Cross prices have again fallen and the company continues to expand its international capacity as it continues to upgrade the network. Comments (Comments)

Vikram Kumar resigns from InternetNZ
Posted on 8-Jan-2013 09:51Tags News, Broadband
InternetNZ Chief Executive Vikram Kumar announced today that he has resigned effective 31 January 2013, after three years of leading the organisation through a period of major transformation. Comments (Comments)

New Zealand rejects international telecommunications treaty changes
Posted on 14-Dec-2012 20:13Tags News, Broadband
New Zealand has rejected a push to bring the internet under stronger state control, Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams has announced. Comments (Comments)

Rank Group extends global networking agreement with AT&T
Posted on 20-Nov-2012 11:17Tags News, Broadband
Rank Group is a private company which invests across a variety of industries and aims to build and grow leading global businesses, including Reynolds Group Holdings, one of the largest packaging companies in the world. Comments (Comments)

500,000 domain names active in the .nz space
Posted on 7-Nov-2012 16:14Tags News, Broadband
The website www.drct.kiwi.nz has now been confirmed as New Zealand’s 500,000th active domain name within the .NZ domain space. Comments (Comments)

Free ultra-fast broadband connections for New Zealand homes
Posted on 1-Nov-2012 10:09Tags News, Broadband
Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams has today confirmed a deal has been reached for free non-standard residential connections to the ultra-fast broadband network. Comments (Comments)

TelstraClear CEO Dr Allan Freeth to leave company
Posted on 30-Oct-2012 15:31Tags News, Broadband
Announcement comes after ComCom ruling that clears the way for Vodafone acquisition. Comments (Comments)

Commerce Commission clears Vodafone’s purchase of TelstraClear
Posted on 30-Oct-2012 09:04Tags News, Broadband
In assessing the clearance application, the Commission looked at the potential impact of the purchase in a number of markets. These include the provision of fixed line calling and broadband services to residential, as well as business customers, with a particular focus on small businesses, long distance backhaul services, mobile phone services and spectrum management rights for mobile phone services. Comments (Comments)

HP unveils business tablet HP ElitePad 900
Posted on 2-Oct-2012 11:20Tags News, Broadband
HP today introduced the HP ElitePad 900, a tablet that balances design with enterprise-grade features, functionality and support. Comments (Comments)


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