Starlink's direct to cell technology now used for One NZ's IoT network. Spark broadband price rise has consequences. Tuatahi ...

Spark delays 3G shutdown to March 2026 as rivals stick to earlier timelines. Also in this issue: the shift from VPNs to Zero ...

Connecting Aotearoa: Chorus joins the BYO fibre party. Chorus CEO Mark Aue would like to extend New Zealand’s fibre network. Today it reaches around 87 percent of the population.

Microsoft opened Azure data centres in Sydney and Melbourne this week. In theory Australia’s East Coast is just a 14ms ping from Auckland. Realistically most traffic will take longer. It isn’t like ...

A Commerce Commission study found telecommunications customers continue to face barriers if they attempt to switch between service providers. Almost a third of people wanting to switch found the ...

If you think wireless latency is bad, wait until you try satellite. Patrick Smellie writes for BusinessDesk:. The Pacific Islands, remote parts of rural New Zealand and poor but populous parts of ...

Buying Stuff Fibre is a medium-sized consolidation play for the Australian-owned telco. Vocus’s customer numbers will climb 10 percent when the company absorbs Stuff Fibre. The Australian telco picked ...

Copper phone networks have served New Zealand for over 100 years. Urban copper won’t be around much longer. Spark has started to call time on urban copper. It says it plans to retire PSTN in Devonport ...

It’s easy to sceptical about the current wave of AI euphoria. There is a lot of hype to navigate. Every tech company has an AI story to tell: worthwhile or not. Failure to tick the AI box makes it ...

“Anyone saying that Android apps on ChromeOS are a good experience is delusional.” In Chrome OS has stalled out, Dave Ruddock says Google’s Chrome OS has failed to live up to its potential.Ruddock is ...

Getting more New Zealanders online is the government’s goal with its Digital Inclusion Blueprint. The plan is to bridge the digital divide and make sure people don’t miss out as more and more vital ...

Hats off the Vodafone for building New Zealand’s first meaningful 5G network. 1 It’s a big step for New Zealand telecommunications and an even bigger step for Vodafone.. A year ago it looked like the ...