This from the Dominion Post........
iPhone fans may be better off waiting for Telecom to sell the much-hyped smart phone after Telecom said it was talking to suppliers about rolling out a WCDMA 850MHz mobile network.
Analyst ABN Amro said this could be a "silver bullet" for Telecom mobile, which has recently lost market share to Vodafone.The investment would mean that iPhone users would be able to use the 3G features of Apple's latest iPhone anywhere within Telecom's network coverage area, as opposed to within only parts of the main centres serviced by Vodafone's 2100MHz 3G network.
ABN Amro said a nationwide W-850 deployment would "provide iPhone users with a superior speed and coverage advantage relative to Vodafone and help to drive brand perception in a segment dominated by Vodafone".