Stories by Sarah Putt

We need a New Zealand CTO: Drury

Xero chief executive and Pacific Fibre founder Rod Drury is calling for a national chief technology officer to create a vision for New Zealand’s fibre-connected future.

Joyce met with Huawei CEO in China

Minister Steven Joyce says he met with the Huawei CEO when he was visiting Shenzhen as part of an ICT trade mission to China last month.

Rural Broadband goes down to the wire

The request for proposals for the $300 million Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) closes tomorrow, with bids still being put together at the eleventh hour.

Farmers demand better broadband

If a foot and mouth outbreak were to occur, New Zealands’s GDP would drop by 10 per cent and it would set the country back by four to five years in its economic trajectory. That’s according to the Ted Coats, Chairman of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) — an electronic tracking system for farm animals set up by the government to electronically track the nation’s farm animals.

Opinion: What's the vision, Minister Joyce?

Further announcements as to what companies will partner the government in the Ultra Fast Broadband network are now overdue. To date prospective partners in three regions – Timaru, central North Island and Whangarei - have been identified, but negotiations have not (as far as we know) been completed.

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