Telecommunications stories

"The flat market and pandemic impacts are driving new behaviours from the telcos to innovate as well as become more efficient.">>

Bridge Alliance and TM Forum have entered into a strategic partnership, helping global telecom companies simplify the adoption of edge computing.>>

Activity on an initial public offering of the shares of Two Degrees has been put on pause while discussions of a potential merger continue. >>

NTT has announced the next phase of its strategic alliance with Microsoft, helping bring carrier-grade telephony and support to 39 countries. >>

Consumers think banks, retailers and mobile operators need to do more to protect them and their personal information from fraudsters.>>

The Commerce Commission wants to see an improvement in the quality of retail services offered by the telecommunications industry.>>

Australasian technology company UCG has announced a new scheme to incentivise workers and delivery partners across New Zealand and Australia to get vaccinated.>>

The Commerce Commission wants to see improvements to the telecommunications dispute resolution scheme (TDRS) in order to deliver better results for consumers and the industry.>>

The number of complaints received by the Telecommunications Dispute Resolution Scheme has grown on average by 14% year on year.>>

Not too many IT providers can say they’ve never churned a single customer, but Sri - an NZ-based wholesale telecommunications & IT provider – is able to say just that.>>

The Commerce Commission urgently seeks views on proposed marketing principles to reduce consumer confusion about alternative technology. >>

Lumea and Ciena have collaborated on transforming Lumea’s telecommunications services to offer customers high-speed 100G+ Wavelength services.>>

Wellington-based investment manager Morrison & Co is part of a group buying 49 percent of Australian telecommunication giant Telstra's mobile towers business.>>

“This reflects our ambitions for the US as well as the other markets in which we operate globally," says BAI group CEO Igor Leprince.>>

Telco services supplier UCG is appointing all of its New Zealand Delivery Partner subcontractors as full members of the Employers and Manufacturers Association.>>

The estimated price-quality path for Chorus announced for consultation would cap Chorus revenues for three years from 1 January 2022 at $689 million in 2022, rising to $786 million in 2024.>>

The consumer watchdog will continue to regulate three core telecommunications services in order to protect consumers.>>

The Commerce Commission has confirmed it will keep regulation in place for three wholesale telecommunications services to continue to promote competition and protect consumers.>>

Growth in new broadband and mobile customer numbers has helped 2degrees to record high revenue and earnings for the financial year.>>

CSPs now need to provide modern networks that work across every industry if they are to survive in a competitive and evolving marketplace.>>

"We hope this review process results in a strengthened TDR scheme that is able to help even more New Zealanders if they encounter issues with their telecommunications services.">>

The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance has published its first 6G white paper.>>

The performance of Fibre Max plans has substantially improved, according to the Commerce Commission’s Measuring Broadband New Zealand report.>>

In September 2020, the Commission published an open letter to Spark, Vodafone and 2degrees asking them to share their plans for providing their customers with more meaningful product and service comparisons and to guard against overspending. >>