djrm: Also look at this:

http://tvnz.co.nz/business-new...

djrm: But he is right in that Telecom themselves have said that they are going to be working on this with Alcatel - business code for "what the hell did you do wrong???"

sbiddle:

What exactly what did Telecom underinvest on? And don't answer the question by saying "RNC's" because that's not an answer to the question I'm asking. There is no need for additional RNC's at present with the load and customer numbers Telecom have.

Buttonmash:

sbiddle:

What exactly what did Telecom underinvest on? And don't answer the question by saying "RNC's" because that's not an answer to the question I'm asking. There is no need for additional RNC's at present with the load and customer numbers Telecom have.

What's the reason for the big difference in numbers between Vodafone & Telecom considering a very similar sized customer base?  (Although I realise a lot of Telecom customers are yet to switch from CDMA, they'd no doubt have planned for that to come across)

Buttonmash:

sbiddle:

What exactly what did Telecom underinvest on? And don't answer the question by saying "RNC's" because that's not an answer to the question I'm asking. There is no need for additional RNC's at present with the load and customer numbers Telecom have.

What's the reason for the big difference in numbers between Vodafone & Telecom considering a very similar sized customer base?  (Although I realise a lot of Telecom customers are yet to switch from CDMA, they'd no doubt have planned for that to come across)

sbiddle:

Buttonmash:

sbiddle:

What exactly what did Telecom underinvest on? And don't answer the question by saying "RNC's" because that's not an answer to the question I'm asking. There is no need for additional RNC's at present with the load and customer numbers Telecom have.

What's the reason for the big difference in numbers between Vodafone & Telecom considering a very similar sized customer base?  (Although I realise a lot of Telecom customers are yet to switch from CDMA, they'd no doubt have planned for that to come across)

You mean the difference in the numbers of RNC's?

Quite simply Telecom run high capacity Alcatel Lucent RNC's that have significantly more capacity than the older Nokia Siemens ones that Vodafone run. Vodafone also don't use every RNC for voice & data like XT does, some of Vodafone's are dedicated for data services only such as HSPA+

Comparing RNC numbers isn't comparing apples with apples. Your question could very easily be turned about to ask why Vodafone need 6 RNC's when XT only has 2...

DjShadow: I thought the offer to get non-stop text ran out at the end of Jan?