Commerce Commission clears Vodafone’s purchase of TelstraClear
Posted on 30-Oct-2012 09:04 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.
WorldxChange gets serious about growth plans with new COO
Posted on 29-Aug-2012 09:48 News, Broadband
Tim Smith comes directly from a role as Group Manager, Sales Operations at TelstraClear, and brings 20 years of telco experience to head up WxC operations as they ramp up their growth plans.
Maxnet rebrands as Vocus Communications
Posted on 23-Aug-2012 14:10 News, Broadband
As part of its plan to bring better internet and data centre services to New Zealand, Trans-Tasman telecommunications provider Vocus Communications Ltd has announced it is formally rebranding its recent acquisition and wholly owned subsidiary Maxnet.
Pacific Fibre to Cease Operations
Posted on 1-Aug-2012 14:53 News, Broadband
The Pacific Fibre board today resolved to cease operations, citing an inability to raise the NZ$400m required to fund the cable build.
FX Networks ramps up peering locations in New Zealand
Posted on 9-Jul-2012 17:07 News, Broadband
FX Networks has announced the availability of increased fibre-based interconnection points around New Zealand. These ISP connections will be available over NZ Internet Exchange (NZIX) points in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington and Christchurch.
Cisco announces developer community for smart WiFi routers
Posted on 28-Jun-2012 11:30 News, Broadband
Cisco welcomes developers to design new apps and services for Linksys smart Wi-Fi routers. Linksys Developer Community enables application developers to create new connected experiences for consumers.
Amazon launches new CloudFront edge location in Sydney
Posted on 21-Jun-2012 09:53 News, Broadband
Each new edge location helps lower latency and improves performance for end users. Amazon have launched eight new edge locations in 2012 and have plans to continue adding new edge locations worldwide in the future.
Delegat's signs AT&T for global data network
Posted on 20-Jun-2012 09:41 News, Broadband
Using one global communications provider can also drive efficiencies and productivity by standardizing the specifications of Delegat’s network infrastructure, and facilitating easier routing across the network.
NetSafe launches Cyber Security Awareness Week
Posted on 11-Jun-2012 10:30 News, Broadband
Cyber crime costs New Zealand an estimated $625 million last year with more than 2,000 Kiwis affected every day by computer viruses and malware, credit card fraud, online scams, phishing and identity theft.
InternetNZ to host technical Internet conference
Posted on 29-May-2012 15:57 News, Broadband
InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) will be hosting a one day conference in July, aimed at promoting technical discussions of New Zealand’s fibre future.
Australian Vocus acquires New Zealand ISP and data centre company Maxnet
Posted on 22-May-2012 14:20 News, Broadband
Maxnet owns and operates a data centre located just outside the Auckland CBD in Albany. In addition to these operations, Maxnet also provides cloud based services, offering a host of Infrastructure as a Service based (IaaS) products.
Are New Zealanders More Evolved Internet Users Than Aussies?
Posted on 22-May-2012 13:29 Articles, Broadband, by Alastair Thompson
Fascinating insights into the evolution of the NZ and Australian internet consumer are contained in new data being revealed exclusively in this column this month. The comparative data from Roy Morgan Research (RMR) is based on identical survey questions asked in Australia and NZ during 2011.
