New Zealand’s distance from major global hubs means local data centres reduce latency and improve performance for users.

New Zealand depends on submarine cables to connect to the world. They carry everything: voice, internet data, streaming video ...

Concerns about 111 emergency calling after the 3G shutdown remain. The case for handset rules. One NZ solar power project.

An overview of New Zealand’s telecommunications industry, covering structure, competition, regulation and how providers work ...

2degrees shows revenue and market share growth despite loss. Spark rolls out MVNO-as-a-service. Southern Cross advances its Tasman Express cable project. 2degrees reported a net loss before tax of $22 ...

Australian private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) has purchased 75 percent of Spark’s data centre business. The transaction is made up of $486 million in cash and an additional $98 million ...

Primo managing director Matthew Harrison says a visiting Australian warship took a number of his company’s fixed wireless broadband access points offline as it passed down the Taranaki coast. In a ...

During the Covid–19 lockdown the Rural Connectivity Group switched on 29 new sites. The new sites connect about 2000 homes and businesses to fixed wireless broadband and increase the reach of the ...

A partnership between 2degrees and AST SpaceMobile offers a distinct take on mobile to satellite. Chorus wants government help fixing digital divide. Another data record breaks. Render of AST ...

If everything goes to plan, by the time you read this Chorus will have turned off the power at 28 roadside cabinets serving the copper phone network. The cut off was scheduled to take place this week.

At the New Zealand Herald Juha Saarinen writes about the HCSEC report in The real reason Huawei shouldn’t be in 5G networks: “The report from oversight board for Britain’s Huawei Cyber Security ...

One New Zealand has a three-year deal with Australia’s Fastter, a business packaging MVNOs for brands looking for quick entry into the mobile market. To customers, MVNOs or Mobile Virtual Network ...