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NZ, Telcos

NEW BOSS FOR SPARK NZ FOLLOWING SHOCK RESIGNATION

MAIN STORY New Zealand’s largest telco, Spark, will have a new boss from July, after the shock resignation today of Simon Moutter, who has served as managing director for seven years. Spark made the announcement to the New Zealand Stock Exchange today, with current Spark customer director, Jolie Hodson, becoming the company’s chief executive on July 1. Moutter has also resigned as a director of … Continue reading NEW BOSS FOR SPARK NZ FOLLOWING SHOCK RESIGNATION

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Broadband, Fibre, NZ

KIWI FIBRE UNBUNDLING SPARKS ISP ANGST; FIBRE UP

New Zealand businesses are embracing fibre rapidly according to new figures, but there are storm clouds gathering on the horizon, with several ISPs already snarling over proposed pricing for new unbundled fibre services. Last week Chorus released its proposed unbundled fibre pricing with Vocus and Vodafone – which have already showcased an unbundled offering – immediately hitting back with claims the pricing is too high … Continue reading KIWI FIBRE UNBUNDLING SPARKS ISP ANGST; FIBRE UP

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NZ

KIWI TELCO 2DEGREES UPS BROADBAND BATTLE WITH AMAZON DEAL, PRICE FREEZE

Kiwi telco 2degrees is ramping up its push for the broadband market, announcing a new deal with Amazon Prime Video – it’s first big move into streaming video, and plans to hold broadband pricing steady for the coming year. The telco is a distant player in the New Zealand broadband market, with its 78,000 broadband customers far below that of Spark’s 700,000, Vodafone’s 400,000 and … Continue reading KIWI TELCO 2DEGREES UPS BROADBAND BATTLE WITH AMAZON DEAL, PRICE FREEZE

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Broadband

AUSTRALIA AND NZ TUMBLE IN FIXED BROADBAND SPEEDS – BUT IT’S BETTER NEWS FOR MOBILE

Both Australia and New Zealand have taken a tumble in Ookla’s latest fixed broadband speed tests – with mobile broadband speeds presenting a better story for both countries. Australia plunged five places down the fixed broadband table to be ranked 60 with a download speed of just 33.28 – putting us behind Uruguay and just ahead of Kazakhstan. That speed puts Australia below the global … Continue reading AUSTRALIA AND NZ TUMBLE IN FIXED BROADBAND SPEEDS – BUT IT’S BETTER NEWS FOR MOBILE

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Broadband, Mobile, NBN

TELCO PRICES DOWN, DATA UP BUT SCRUTINY NEEDED SAYS ACCC

Falling telco prices and increased data allowances haven’t been enough to allay the ACCC’s concerns over the Australian broadband and telecommunications market, with the consumer watchdog warning that continued scrutiny is needed. The just released Communications Market Report 2017-18 highlights falling prices – and the potential threat of wireless to the NBN. The report, mandated under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, shows the average … Continue reading TELCO PRICES DOWN, DATA UP BUT SCRUTINY NEEDED SAYS ACCC

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Data centers, telco

EIGHTH SYDNEY DATA CENTRE FOR EQUINIX IN $160M+ INVESTMENT

Equinix has announced a new international business exchange (IBX) data centre in South Sydney – its largest yet in Australia and its sixteenth in country. The first phase of SY5, costing $160 million and targeted to open in the third quarter of this year, will offer an initial capacity of 1,825 cabinets. Ultimately the facility, in Alexandra about four kilometres from Sydney’s CBD, will house … Continue reading EIGHTH SYDNEY DATA CENTRE FOR EQUINIX IN $160M+ INVESTMENT

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5G

NOKIA: WE’RE THE ONE STOP SHOP FOR 5G – AND WE’VE GOT IT RIGHT

Nokia has fronted up to MWC 2019 saying its got ‘the right strategy at the right time’ to win at 5G, and heralding a number of ‘world firsts’ in its Australian 5G rollout. “Nokia arrives at Mobile World Congress as a world leader in 5G, with the industry’s only end-to-end portfolio that is available in all markets around the world,” says Rajeev Suri, Nokia president … Continue reading NOKIA: WE’RE THE ONE STOP SHOP FOR 5G – AND WE’VE GOT IT RIGHT

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5G, IoT, Mobile, Telcos

MWC 2019: TELSTRA GOES ALL OUT WITH 5G BANKING TRIAL, EXCLUSIVE HANDSETS AND IOT RANGE EXTENDER

Telstra has unveiled plans for a 5G banking trial with CBA, along with a slew of new offerings – including exclusive 5G devices and an IoT extender – at MWC In what the telco is heralding as an ‘industry first’, Telstra, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Ericsson will trial 5G edge computing technologies for the financial services sector, testing end-to-end banking solutions over 5G over … Continue reading MWC 2019: TELSTRA GOES ALL OUT WITH 5G BANKING TRIAL, EXCLUSIVE HANDSETS AND IOT RANGE EXTENDER

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Broadband, Fibre, HFC, NBN

LABOR UPS NBN DISCORD, SLAMS ‘RIDICULOUS’ CLAIM

The political football that is the NBN took another pummelling this week with Labor shadow ministers Michelle Rowland and Jim Chalmers taking aim at the government over claims NBN was exceeding targets, labelling them ‘ridiculous’. In a joint statement, Rowland who is Shadow Minister for Communications, and Chalmers – Shadow Minister for Finance – said the claim that NBN Co was exceeding targets was ‘ridiculous’ … Continue reading LABOR UPS NBN DISCORD, SLAMS ‘RIDICULOUS’ CLAIM

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Satellites

BEAM INKS 6th IRIDIUM GO DEAL AS NEW SATELLITE CONSTELLATION COMES ONLINE

Australia’s Beam Communications has signed a new deal with Iridium which will see the ASX-listed company providing a further 5,000 portable voice and data satellite devices for the Iridium network. Beam has already delivered 35,000 of the Iridium Go units – which provide the global connectivity to enable smartphones to be used for global voice calling, text messaging and other services – for Iridium over … Continue reading BEAM INKS 6th IRIDIUM GO DEAL AS NEW SATELLITE CONSTELLATION COMES ONLINE

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