Revealed: Auckland Council's top ICT providers of 2022
As New Zealand's biggest local authority seeks savings across the board, its ICT team appears to be delivering.
View ArticleSpark and Samsung deliver 5G to 20 Auckland suburbs
Samsung and Spark have hit what they described as a "major milestone" in delivering commercial 5G services to 20 urban areas of Auckland.
View ArticleSpark completes sale of 70 per cent of its mobile tower network
Spark NZ has completed the sale of a 70 per cent interest in its TowerCo business to the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.
View ArticleComcom targets three new telcos to pay 2022 development levy
Mercury NZ, Cello Group and Feenix Communications are all now earmarked to contribute to the Telecommunications Development Levy.
View ArticleAuckland Uni opens Vodafone-backed 5G tech hub
The University of Auckland Business School has launched a 5G-powered technology hub, Te Ahi Hangarau, backed by ‘significant’ financial and technological investment from Vodafone in partnership with...
View ArticleSpark, Vodafone, Kordia and Tait secure roles in new $1.4B Public Safety Network
Frontline emergency responders will have access to a new $1.4 billion communications service that will see Spark and Vodafone establish a new joint venture called Hourua to provide priority cellular...
View ArticleVodafone NZ and CDC star as Infratil reports a strong first half
NZX-listed investment company Infratil announced significant growth in earnings from key investments, including CDC Data Centres and Vodafone NZ.
View ArticleSold: 2degrees strikes $1.08B deal for passive mobile tower assets
2degrees is selling its passive mobile tower assets to Connexa and its funder the Canadian Teacher's Pension Plan for $1.08 billion.
View ArticleTelcos activate emergency forum as Gabrielle cuts services
NZ's mobile telcos are experiencing significant outages as a result of storm Gabrielle as is fibre company Chorus in the eastern North Island.
View ArticleTelcos pull out all the stops to repair cyclone ravaged networks
Telecommunications engineers are labouring hard to repair damage to both mobile and fixed line networks from cyclone Gabrielle.
View ArticleNZ Police explains cost increases in key ICT projects
Cost increases have struck some of NZ Police's key ICT initiatives, including cyber security and cloud transformation projects.
View ArticleComCom takes issue with Connexa's plan to buy 2degrees' network assets
Competition regulator the Commerce Commission is not satisfied with the potential impact of Connexa's bid to buy parts of 2degrees' network.
View ArticleVodafone NZ: creating momentum is 'hard to do, but also hard to stop'
Vodafone NZ CEO Jason Paris is claiming momentum is behind the telco's turnaround and the company's numbers appear to back that up.
View ArticleOne NZ teams with Musk's SpaceX for total coverage, 2degrees goes with Lynk
Telco One New Zealand has launched a collaboration with Elon Musk's SpaceX service to provide total country-wide mobile coverage.
View ArticleComCom green-lights Connexa's acquisition of 2degrees' infrastructure
Despite initial misgivings, the Commerce Commission has now accepted Connexa's plan to buy 2degrees' passive mobile network infrastructure.
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