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• TUANZ welcomes Kordia Tasman cable plan

  TUANZ is welcoming Kordia's ongoing efforts to deliver a second trans-Tasman cable, saying its the only way to rid New Zealand of the "tyranny of data caps".

• Huawei cashes in on NZ telco investment

  Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei has boosted its New Zealand revenue by more than 500% as a result of unbundling and mobile network investment.

• Kordia warns of broadband risks

  State-owned infrastructure company Kordia is warning the government over the risk of failure in its broadband plan, saying the complexity is high and proposed timeframes are narrow.

• Redundancy costs push Kordia deeper into red

  Kordia Group has announced an after tax loss of $4.4 million for the first half of 2009, $1 million over a budgeted loss of $3.4 million.

• RoamAD sold to global wireless provider

  Auckland-based wi-fi provider RoamAD has been acquired by global wireless broadband provider Xiocom Wireless.

• Pipe Networks signs off cable funding

  Australia's Pipe Networks has secured funding for its PPC1 trans-Pacific cable linking Australia to the US and Asia via Guam — and delivering increased certainty to plans for PPC2 linking Australia and New Zealand.

• Waiuku favoured for Tasman cable landing

  Waiuku, south-west of Auckland, is likely to be the landing site of a new trans-Tasman cable, should Kordia and its partner Pipe Networks win a tender for the project.

• Pipe Networks seeks more time for funding talks

  Pipe Networks, Kordia's partner in a bid to build a new trans-Tasman cable, is claiming its attempts to raise finance are making progress, but has asked the Australian Securities Exchange to continue a temprorary suspension in the trading of its shares.

• Desperate Pipe Networks seeks extension

  Pipe Networks' last gasp negotiations to salvage its PPC-1 pipeline project to provide a broadband connection between Australia, the US and Asia will continue until next Monday after it failed to finalise new finance arrangements needed to complete the initiative by its deadline today.

• Kordia picks up Huawei Thai deals

  Huawei Thailand has awarded Kordia two new contracts for wireless network engineering services over the next 15 months.

• Satellite TV brings hot science to schools

  Top-flight biology students in rural and less well-endowed schools can now tap into the latest research to help them with their scholarship exams, via an innovative interactive satellite TV project.

• Kordia confident cable plan will proceed

  Kordia has no concerns about the financial viability of the proposed trans-Tasman telecommunications cable build, even as its Australian partner, Pipe Networks, is talking about modifying its plans due to credit market turmoil.

• Credit crunch may force Pipe Networks to revisit cable plans

  The chief executive of Pipe Networks, Kordia's partner in a planned trans-Tasman telecommunications cable build, says the company may have to consider partners for its make-or-break project to lay an under-sea fibre between Australia, the US and Asia, if bridging finance fails to materialise.

• Kordia unfazed by UK digital redio meltdown

  State-owned networking infrastructure operator Kordia is pushing ahead with its trial of DAB digital radio, despite signs similar efforts in the UK are faltering.

• Government pushes on with Tasman cable plans

  The government is pushing ahead with its broadband plans even as the election looms, with expressions of interest being sought to build new trans-Tasman cable and announcements about a well-supported Broadband Investment Fund first round.