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Southern Cross Cable stories - Page 2

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Plan B pounces on changing ICT market with bold data centre move
Wed, 2nd Jul 2014
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Plan B is branching out to offer production data centre hosting, via a new independent, connected data centre network, and has committed $30 million.
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Kiwis click their way to health
Mon, 3rd Mar 2014
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Kiwis most likely to search for health information online are those living in Wellington and Tauranga, female and under 50 years of age.
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Southern Cross cable set to boost Kiwi high speed broadband
Tue, 14th Jan 2014
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Southern Cross Cable Network's major 500Gb/s broadband boost set to power up internet speed in NZ and beyond by July 2024.
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Telecom claims satellite station contract
Fri, 27th Sep 2013
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Telco awarded contract to establish and manage one of Inmarsat’s Pacific Ocean Region (POR) satellite access stations (SAS) for Global Xpress (GX).
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Mobile business props up dwindling Telecom sales
Fri, 22nd Feb 2013
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Telecom eked out a 3.7 percent lift in first-half underlying earnings as revenue from its mobile business propped up otherwise disappointing sales.
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Southern Cross Cable cuts prices by 20%
Tue, 15th Jan 2013
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Southern Cross Cable slashes prices by 20% in its latest move to upgrade its network and boost international capacity for users.
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Southern Cross Network denies Labour claims
Mon, 12th Nov 2012
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Company denies 'misleading and inaccurate media release', insisting no ‘catastrophic failure’ occurred on the Southern Cross Cable.
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NZ needs new Fibre Optic cable says Orcon CEO
Fri, 10th Aug 2012
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Orcon CEO Scott Bartlett addresses the country over the Pacific Fibre cancellation project, calling for a second submarine cable to keep New Zealand competitive.
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Alcatel-Lucent bringing broadband to Tonga
Fri, 11th May 2012
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Tonga teams up with Alcatel-Lucent to forge broadband links via undersea cable, enhancing connectivity for its 100,000 residents.
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Southern Cross completes first stage of cable upgrade
Wed, 18th Jan 2012
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Southern Cross boosts trans-Pacific cable's capacity to 1.4TBps, paving the way for faster broadband in Australia and NZ.
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Fibre Watch: To Sydney, via Beijing?
Thu, 6th Oct 2011
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Does a planned Chinese-backed trans-Tasman fibre cable really raise security concerns?.
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Southern Cross successfully trials 100Gbps equipment
Wed, 15th Jun 2011
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Southern Cross tests 100Gbps gear on undersea cables, promising a huge leap for internet speeds from Australia to the US by 2012.
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Southern Cross extends undersea cable service
Mon, 11th Oct 2010
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Previous commitment extended five years, next upgrade expected in 18 to 36 months.
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Head of Telecom Wholesale resigns
Mon, 12th Apr 2010
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Telecom has announced that Matt Crockett, CEO of Telecom<br />Wholesale and International, has resigned after seven years with the company.
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Telecom bites back on cable
Fri, 12th Mar 2010
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Matt Crockett, Telecom International CEO and the company’s<br />representative on the Southern Cross Cable has released a statement implying<br />that Pacific Fibre founders need to learn their geography.
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Is Vector's next move international connectivity?
Fri, 29th Jan 2010
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So Vector wants to provide fibre connectivity to the Auckland region – 450,000 premises in the next seven years.
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Kordia's international cable delayed
Mon, 25th Jan 2010
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Uncertainty surrounds Kordia’s plans to build New Zealand’s second international cable, with delays caused by the imminent sale of its Australian partner PIPE Networks.
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Telecom earnings up, mobile users up
Fri, 6th Nov 2009
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Telecom's Q1 earnings reveal a 4.1% dip, despite mobile user boost and a 9% net earnings rise, amidst looming regulatory challenges.
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Future of Kordia cable soon to be revealed
Mon, 28th Sep 2009
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Named Optikor, the cable is planned to land in Waiuku, north of<br />Auckland and is expected to cost around $200 million.