Spark exits the sports streaming market
Spark is pulling out of its sports pay TV business next year, a move driven in no small part by the cost of content rights. The New Zealand operator has...
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Linux hopes to give telco cloud a Sylva lining
...did a deal with Microsoft to migrate some of its 5G workloads to Azure. Further afield, New Zealand incumbent Spark is working with AWS on various 5G standalone (SA) proof-of-concepts...
NZ again hands over 5G spectrum without auction
pace of the 5G roll-out to small towns across New Zealand. There is also an expectation they will continue efforts to improve rural connectivity,” New Zealand’s Minister for the Digital...
Nokia and Vodafone look to pave the way forward to 6G
the associated digital transformation.” Tony Baird, Vodafone New Zealand’s Wholesale and Infrastructure Director added: “At Vodafone we’re helping customers unlock the magic of technology, and to do that, they need...
Vodafone NZ brings in NZ$1.7 billion from selling its towers
Vodafone New Zealand has agreed a NZ$1.7 billion deal that will see InfraRed Capital Partners and Northleaf Capital Partners take control of 80% of its mobile towers assets. That’s a...
DT gets best of both worlds with €17.5 billion towers deal
...a 27x earnings multiple, which is in the same ballpark as we have seen elsewhere in Europe of late. It’s slightly lower than the 33.8x deal Spark New Zealand announced...
DigitalBridge enters Belgium via $820m Telenet tower deal
meanwhile, fresh rumours, again from Reuters, claimed incumbent Deutsche Telekom has begun the process of selling its towers business for €18 billion. And finally, little further afield, privately-held Vodafone New...
Vocus and 2degrees merger to reshape NZ broadband market
40%. The shape of the mobile market will remain much the same; together New Zealand’s MVNOs claim just 1% of the market. Last year’s numbers put Vodafone and Spark neck...
Vodafone NZ owners look to make money from towers
The telecoms industry’s latest towers transaction is underway in New Zealand, where investors have confirmed the sale of Vodafone’s masts is going ahead. Vodafone New Zealand’s investor owners recently communicated...
Spark doubles down on IoT, eHealth and sport content to ignite future growth
New Zealand operator Spark has launched a new three-year plan that focuses on significantly diversifying its offering. “This strategy is about accelerating the things we know will give us a...
New Zealand sensibly abandons latest 5G auction and just hands the spectrum over
A chunk of mid-band spectrum was due to be auctioned-off in New Zealand around now, but COVID-19 has caused a change of plan. The Radio Spectrum Management department of the...
Samsung gets a 5G Spark in New Zealand
...be the number one MNO in New Zealand, is getting Samsung involved in building its 5G network. Spark has been trying out Samsung’s ‘end-to-end’ gear for 5G testing for a...
Brookfield expands telco footprint with WIG stake
...to acquire mobile tower assets in India from Reliance Jio. Closely-related investment firm Brookfield Asset Management, meanwhile, was part of a consortium that acquired Vodafone New Zealand earlier this year....
Canada preps the industry with hint of regulatory disruption
The Canadian Competition Bureau is suggesting competition is not healthy in the country and new regulation could emerge to encourage the creation of new challengers. Having submitted initial feedback for...
Ericsson and Nokia both claim to be KDDI primary 5G partner
...not clear how many 5G base stations the company is manufacturing or shipping each month. Alongside this agreement, Nokia also signed a pact with Vodafone New Zealand last month, with...
Disney+ to launch in November as streaming segment starts to look crowded
Disney has announced it will launch its video streaming service in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the Netherlands alongside the US in November, but how much appetite is there in...
Nokia gets 5G gig from new-look Vodafone New Zealand
to deliver to Kiwis, the best mobile technology available at the time, including 2G, 3G, 4G and now 5G,” said Tony Baird, Technology Director, Vodafone New Zealand. Vodafone New Zealand...
Vodafone officially walks away from New Zealand
with the business and talented team in New Zealand through a Partner Market agreement, delivering Vodafone’s technology and services to benefit the country as it transitions to a digital society.”...
Vodafone ditches Kiwis and cuts dividend in search of ‘financial headroom’
Vodafone has announced the sale of its New Zealand arm and a cut to the dividend as the firm searches for spreadsheet breathing room amid the Liberty Global acquisition, annual...
Google starts droning on about home delivery
...been conducting trials in the UK, and Vodafone delivered an iPhone to a customer in New Zealand. All of these trials would have been deemed successful, though you have to...
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