Broadband stories

Chinese telco solutions provider Huawei Technologies has its eyes firmly fixed on New Zealand as UFB and LTE become "inextricably linked" to its future. The company’s New Zealand CEO, Arthur Zhang, tells us more.More

There is one thing for certain in the telecommunications industry, and that is change. But today, the amount of change in front of us all is unprecedented, says Steve Fuller, CEO of Enable Networks and TUANZ Innovator of the Year 2010.More

Bitter rivalry aside, Telecom and Vodafone recently announced their submission of a joint bid for the Government’s Rural Broadband Initiative. Steve Rieger, Vodafone’s General Manager of Wholesale and New Business Development, tells us more.More

Looking to select a Carrier Ethernet provider? Look no further.More

Word around the campfire is that many CIOs out there are still hesitant to take the leap into the server hosting sphere, entrusting someone else with their infrastructure applications. Rachael Sutton finds out why.More

Imagine a future time when a farmer’s success will depend almost as much on their computer skills as their knowledge of animals, crops, soil and weather. It’s sooner than you think, says Rod Oram.More

If you’ve ever pondered a change of lifestyle (perhaps on a rainy commuting Monday), there’s a thriving online community out there which can put you straight on the true pros and cons of moving to the country and living off the land.More

Security experts say Adobe’s PDF standard, the widely used platform for exchanging and viewing large documents, should be scrapped because it is inherently unsafe. More

A US-based mobile access company is launching a client for Android smartphones that will allow users to save on 3G charges by switching to wi-fi networks where possible.More

100,000 customers have now ported numbers to 2degrees, with many coming from rival Vodafone. More

Federated Farmers says the potential of rural broadband is being underplayed... More

The government has issued a request for the final proposals for its Rural Broadband initiative.More

Huawei launches 42 Mb/s dual carrier HSPA+ solution for major telco company, PCCW. More

CEO Paul Reynolds says he halted the significant earnings decline of the previous two years with latest financial results.More

A major milestone has been reached in New Zealand's quest for ultra fast broadband.More

Details on a new unlimited broadband plan - limited to 10,000 customers - will be unveiled next week. More

"This is a satisfactory result given the tough environment," reports Chief Executive, Allan Freeth. More

Rod McGeoch will retire from the board of Telecom New Zealand in September. More

The current government has a goal of New Zealand catching up with Australia.More

There have been a number of opinions expressed lately, by people who are outside the TCF; that the TCF is no more than a mechanism for the Tier 1 members More

More New Zealanders are online than ever before, and broadband use continues to rise.More

Story and interview with Robin Hartendorp, GM for Central Government of SparkDigital and is responsible for delivering a high level of service.More

When the cold wind blows and leaves fall to the ground, the natural instinct is to hunker down and hibernate. But in a cruel irony, winter is often the busiest time of the year for contact centres.More

How are councils using technology, and connecting their citizens? Louis van Wyk takes a look at the local government sectorMore