Telecom confirms August 8 for Spark launch date
Posted on 1-Jul-2014 11:07 News, Broadband
Telecom New Zealand announced today that it intends to change its name to Spark New Zealand, as signalled earlier this year, with effect from Friday 8 August 2014.
Zomato acquires Menumania
Posted on 1-Jul-2014 06:00 News, Web media
Zomato, the restaurant search and discovery service, announced today that it has acquired menumania.co.nz, a popular New Zealand-based restaurant discovery service for an undisclosed amount.
Telecom New Zealand goes live on hybris
Posted on 26-Jun-2014 10:17 News, Mobile
Telecom Prepaid mobile is now live on the hybris platform – further releases will cover post-paid mobile, fixed line and broadband.
LG introduces the G Watch
Posted on 26-Jun-2014 06:01 News, Android
LG eyes mainstream adoption of wearables with first device powered by Android Wear.
Telecom expand Ultra Fibre broadband service
Posted on 25-Jun-2014 09:49 News, Broadband
Telecom's Ultra Fibre broadband is now available across the ultra fast broadband (UFB) fibre network to more New Zealanders than any other residential broadband provider.
CallPlus buys Orcon
Posted on 20-Jun-2014 16:55 News, Blog
Orcon joins CallPlus other residential ISPs, Slingshot and Flip, to take the group to 15% market share, with over 220,000 customers.
New toolkit launched to help SMEs protect their business online
Posted on 18-Jun-2014 09:25 News, Security
The New Zealand Government has today launched the "Connect Smart for Business: SME Toolkit", a free resource aimed at helping small and medium sized enterprises take basic steps to protect their business and customers online across all devices.
Telecom acquires Business Cloud specialist Appserv
Posted on 18-Jun-2014 09:24 News, SaaS
Telecom announced today it has signed a conditional agreement to purchase all of the shares in leading business Cloud services specialist Appserv Limited. The agreement is subject to conditions which are expected to be completed by early July 2014.
Vodafone New Zealand fastest mobile download in the world
Posted on 17-Jun-2014 16:03 News, 4G
Global leader in broadband speed testing, Ookla, has revealed Vodafone New Zealand is fastest in its Global Net Index of telecommunications companies for May 2014.
New software service simplifies ICT for New Zealand government agencies
Posted on 16-Jun-2014 10:52 News, SaaS
A new all-of-government office productivity software service will help agencies streamline their support systems as they focus on transforming their customer services, says Government Chief Information Officer, Colin MacDonald.
Connect Smart Week promotes better cyber security
Posted on 16-Jun-2014 09:33 News, Security
More than 80 per cent of Kiwis who use the internet have experienced a cyber security breach, but only 39 per cent have then changed their behaviour online, according to research commissioned by the National Cyber Policy Office (NCPO), part of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC).
Ultrafast to launch New Zealand's fastest residential fibre plan
Posted on 11-Jun-2014 09:47 News, Blog
Ultrafast Fibre will launch a residential, 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) wholesale fibre broadband service across its entire network, offering the country’s fastest residential fibre plan to date. This will be made available in July 2014.
New Zealand PC Market Continues its Annual Surge, Says IDC
Posted on 10-Jun-2014 15:15 News, Computing
2014 appears to be a year of optimism for the New Zealand PC market. According to the IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly PC Tracker, the New Zealand PC market posted 175,800 units during 1Q2014.
