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The $1.08 billion deal involves 1,124 towers across Aotearoa and New Zealand 2degrees Mobile has agreed to sell its tower assets to Connexa, the independent mobile tower business that is partially owned by Spark New Zealand. The $1.08 billion deal …

Australian outfit Konvoy Group started three years ago, in the summer of 2019, as a keg rental business, offering logistics support to craft brewers in its home country. It has, in the meantime, expanded its services portfolio, launched in international …

New Zealand glass manufacturer Architectural Glass Products (AGP) has recruited local pair Pollin8 and Thinxtra, providing IoT gadgetry and IoT networking respectively, to deploy low-power wide-area (LPWA) battery-powered Sigfox trackers on 1,750 delivery trolleys, carrying glass products to customers around …

Samsung is also suppling 4G solutions to the operator’s existing network in select locations to help enhance its network services Samsung Electronics and Spark New Zealand first turned on 5G in select parts of Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand in …

Samsung and Spark have been working together on 5G trials since 2019 Samsung announced its first network installation in New Zealand, where it has worked with Spark New Zealand to launch a 5G network in Christchurch, the most populous city …

UK firm Telensa has struck a deal to provide smart controls to 15,000 LED street lights in the City of Dunedin in New Zealand. The arrangement is part of a deal by Spanish-owned, Australia-based infrastructure management company Broadspectrum to upgrade …

iTnews | August 22, 2011 | Juha Saarinen Vodafone’s New Zealand subsidiary has confirmed plans to move all international capacity to submarine cable contender Pacific Fibre, replacing current arrangements with rival Southern Cross by 2014. Read the full article here …

Telecom NZ | August 19, 2011 | Press Release Telecom New Zealand has today announced adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxation, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) of $1,801m for the year to 30 June 2011, an increase of 2.1% on the previous …

Bloomberg | August 21, 2011 | Tracy Withers Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) agreed to a 10- year deal to take capacity on a new undersea fiber cable linking New Zealand, Australia and the U.S. Read the full article here via …

Pacific Fibre | July 18, 2011 | Lance Wiggs 12,750km System Will Set Record for Cross Sectional Capacity, Support Increasing Capacity Demands in Australia and New Zealand Read the full article here via Pacific Fibre  

New Zealand Herald | June 17, 2011 | Hamish Fletcher Foreign firms will be allowed to buy up Telecom’s retail business when the company breaks up this year. Under its Kiwi Share obligations, no foreign company can own …… Read full …

National | April 28, 2011 | Hon Steven Joyce New Zealand and Australia have launched a formal investigation into the trans-Tasman roaming services provided by the two countries’ mobile operators. Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce made the announcement this …

New Zealand Commerce Commission | April 19, 2011 | Press Release The High Court in Auckland has imposed a $12 million penalty against Telecom for breaching section 36 of the Commerce Act in the so-called ‘data tails’ case. The penalty …

RCR Wireless Asia | April 12, 2011 | Sandra Cuya This week TUANZ, Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand, sent a letter to the New Zealand government concerning the ultra-fast broadband proposal. TUANZ is made up of large organizations and small businesses …

Alcatel-Lucent | April 4, 2011 | Press Release Enabling “5-star, 5-bar” 3G mobile coverage for residential and business users Paris and Singapore (Femto Cells Asia), April 4th, 2011 – Vodafone New Zealand has selected Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) …

CrownFibre | March 22, 2011 | Press Release Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) over fibre is proving an attractive proposition in the market, with thirteen (13) telecommunications service providers indicating they want to sell the new UFB service to customers. CFH expects …

Crown Fibre Holdings | March 8, 2011 | Press Release MEDIA RELEASE Under strict embargo until 0900 8 March, 2011 CFH announces prioritised negotiations with Central Fibre Consortium Crown Fibre Holdings Limited (CFH) has today confirmed that it has selected …

Telecom New Zealand | March 2, 2011 | Press Release Telecom has announced it will credit all residential landline customers in Christchurch and its neighbouring towns for any national and international calls made in the week following Tuesday’s earthquake (until …

Kordia | February 28, 2011 | Press Release Auckland, New Zealand: – Kordia announced today that its solid underlying trading result for the half year to 31 December 2010 has been impacted by the decision to bring Digital Switch Over …

Fujitsu | February 28, 2011 | Press Release First region outside Japan to roll out standardized cloud platform Tokyo, February 28, 2011 — Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions today announced the unveiling of its Global Cloud Services portfolio …

Brightstar | February 15, 2011 | Press Release Brightstar NZ Signed to a New, Three-Year Supply Chain Contract with Telecom New Zealand MIAMI and AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Brightstar, a global leader in services and solutions …

New Zealand Herald | February 10, 2011 | Hamish Fletcher 2degrees plans to invest $100 million in its network over the next two years, extending its reach into more parts of New Zealand. The announcement follows a deal between 2degrees …

Bloomberg | February 7, 2011 | Iain Wilson New Zealand’s government selected Telecom Corp. and Vodafone Group Plc as partners to build a broadband Internet network across New Zealand’s rural areas. Commercial negotiations with the two companies have begun and …

Telecom NZ | January 27, 2011 | News Release We are aware that some Telecom Retail broadband customers across New Zealand experienced difficulty when connecting to the Internet this morning. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. A …