juha: Yeah, Econet talks a lot but nothing's happened since they established themselves in NZ five years ago. Have a google to see what they've been up to in Africa though. Most interesting.

sbiddle: You mean their accomplishments in terms of delivering a reliable phone service to 3rd world countries or their dodgy dealings in Zimbabwe? :-) I've always wondered what they actually saw in NZ when the whole African market is so huge and so underdeveloped - maybe it was just the upfront money they could get from us knowing that it would take years until anybody wanted it back!

Looking at the MED register now they did register 20 or so 40GHz microwave links in February so they are up to something.

Jaffa: They are susposably reached completion of 10 cell towers and are in the process of putting in some kind of switching center, cant remember excatally. Was chatting to the managing director off econet a few weeks ago but he wouldnt confirm this for me :(

Maybe somebody on here from Auckland who knows what a UMTS panel looks like can let us know if they actually have any sites in place yet!