New Zealand heads towards cap on Chorus fibre revenues
New Zealand’s competition body has shared its view on the value of Chorus’s fibre network, a figure that will form the basis of its move to cap its fibre revenues.
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LoRaWAN goes trans-Tasman via Spark’s NNNCo deal
LoRaWAN boosted its cross-border credentials on Monday thanks to a partnership between Spark New Zealand and Australia’s National Narrowband Network Company (NNNCo).
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.
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.
Samsung gets a 5G Spark in New Zealand
Korean tech giant Samsung has scored a much needed 5G deal win with Kiwi operator Spark.
Nokia celebrates 50th 5G deal win but it still lags Ericsson and Huawei
Being chosen by Spark New Zealand for some 5G work marks Nokia’s 50th 5G commercial contract, but Ericsson and Huawei have got more.
Nokia gets 5G gig from new-look Vodafone New Zealand
Just days after Vodafone flogged its New Zealand business, Nokia has been unveiled as its 5G network partner.
‘Five Eyes’ align security objectives but where does this leave Huawei?
After a meeting in London, the members of the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance has released a communique to reinforce the relationship and outline quite generic objectives.
Vodafone officially walks away from New Zealand
Vodafone has completed the sale of its Kiwi business to a consortium of investors for €2.1 billion.
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 loss and spectrum auctions.
New Zealand joins the march against Huawei
Kiwi telco Spark has had an application to incorporate Huawei’s radio access network (RAN) equipment in its 5G infrastructure plans slapped down over security concerns.
BBWF 2018: Chorus sings the praises of centralised infrastructure model
Yesteryears rumbling story was the enforced separation of BT and Openreach, and while this might have been nothing more than a thinly veiled show, Ofcom might look at the success of Chorus for future inspiration.
NZ and Canada decline to jump on the Huawei banned wagon
Despite the current fashion for banning Huawei among US allies, New Zealand and Canada have both indicated they may not play ball.
Another kicking for the UK in NZ as Vodafone/Sky merger officially collapses
Vodafone is having a similar experience to the UK and Irish Lions in New Zealand as it finally pulls the plug on its troubled merger with Sky in the land of the All Blacks.
Vodafone, Sky NZ merger might be back on after all
Like a 1980s rom com, the will-they-won’t-they saga surrounding New Zealand’s possible telecoms mega-merger has taken another twist.
Huawei gets cozy with the Kiwis
Huawei has formalised its investment plans in New Zealand after a meeting between CEO Ren Zhengfei and the country’s Prime Minister Bill English.
New Zealand activates LTE700 networks
The 700MHz radio frequency is finding favour among New Zealand mobile operators with Vodafone this week switching on its commercial 700MHz LTE network, marking the activation of one of the first Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) 700 MHz networks in the world.
Telecoms New Zealand to launch LTE 700MHz in August
Incumbent carrier Telecom New Zealand, in the midst of changing its name to Spark, said Tuesday it intends to launch 4G LTE services in late August using the recently acquired licence for the 700MHz spectrum band. The move will supplement existing 4G services on offer in limited regions using the 1800MHz band.
Telecom New Zealand adds more cloud to arsenal
Telecom New Zealand on Wednesday announced that it has agreed to acquire business cloud services specialist Appserv, building on other recent acquisitions in the space and giving Telecom NZ greater leverage in the enterprise sector.
New Zealand operators block stolen phones
Mobile operators in New Zealand have joined forces to clamp down on the use of stolen handsets in the country. Vodafone, Telecom and 2degrees have worked together over the past year to develop a blacklisting system, which gives each operator the ability to block the IMEI number of a mobile device that has been reported as stolen across all three networks, usually within 24 hours.
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