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Unison Networks reveals 10-year plan, seeks community feedback

Tue, 9th Jul 2024
Unison Networks unveils a decade-long Asset Management Plan, inviting community feedback to ensure their evolving needs are met in Rotorua, Taupo, and Hawkes Bay.
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Unison Group sells fibre subsidiary to Tuatahi First Fibre

Fri, 2nd Feb 2024
Unison Group has sold its fibre subsidiary, Unison Fibre, to Tuatahi First Fibre, expanding the provider's network across the North Island and promising enhanced services for its customers.
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Spark turns on 4.5G in central Taupo

Wed, 6th Dec 2017
Spark announced that Taupo has become the 30th site capable of achieving the fastest mobile data speeds in the country...
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Taupo tech success story great news for regional economies

Wed, 21st Sep 2016
Traff1k D1g1tal has become one of the country's latest international success stories, and now the company has been recognised by Amy Adams.
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Taupo towncentre gets free Wi-Fi

Wed, 10th Jun 2015
Funded by T>Stream, Taupo towncentre will have access to free a WiFi service, in a move to keep residents and tourists in the town for longer.
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Does Chorus have a weak UFB channel strategy?

Mon, 18th May 2015
Chorus's UFB completion celebrations overshadow missing strategy for partner engagement and end-user uptake in regions like Taupo.
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Tenon mulls mergers, acquisitions as US housing recovery picks up

Thu, 4th Dec 2014
Tenon, the wood mouldings manufacturer which posted its first annual profit in ten years, is considering merger or acquisition opportunities to cap.
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UnisonFibre goes with Alcatel-Lucent

Tue, 12th Oct 2010
UnisonFibre adopts Alcatel-Lucent's IP/MPLS to roll out 130km of ultra-fast fibre-optic broadband across Hawke’s Bay, Rotorua, and Taupo in the first year.
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Comworth names Southern Region Channel Manager

Mon, 30th Aug 2010
Comworth has promoted Murray Mansfield to Southern Region Channel Manager, Telephony, to boost Zultys IP Phone Systems' presence across New Zealand.
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XT on the blink again

Mon, 22nd Feb 2010
Telecom says customers on its XT network, from Taupo southwards, began experiencing significant interruption to voice services at around 4pm today.
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[UPDATES] XT down again?

Wed, 27th Jan 2010
Telecom's XT network suffers second outage in an hour, affecting customers south of Taupo. Full service expected by 1pm, says Telecom on Twitter.
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Telecom compensates customers

Wed, 16th Dec 2009
XT customers will get free calling to Telecom landlines and Telecom mobiles this weekend in compensation for Monday’s outage.
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Telecom apologises for ongoing XT outage

Mon, 14th Dec 2009
Telecom is apologising for a massive outage that continues to affect the XT Network south of Taupo today, blaming it on a 'technical fault'.
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Major XT Network outage

Mon, 14th Dec 2009
[Update] Telecom is reporting via Twitter a massive outage on the XT Network this morning with no coverage south of Taupo.
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Run, Datacom, run

Sun, 1st Jun 2008
Eight Auckland-based Datacom employees challenged the computer nerd stereotype in April when they participated in Oxfam’s Trailwalker event in Taupo.