Computerworld publishes ICT Minister's speech notes
ICT Minister Steven Joyce has not published any of his public speeches on the Beehive website this year, because he rarely uses a prepared speech, his office says.
ICT Minister Steven Joyce has not published any of his public speeches on the Beehive website this year, because he rarely uses a prepared speech, his office says.
The regulatory forbearance period that would have prevented Commerce Commission oversight into wholesale pricing on the Ultra Fast Broadband network until 2020 has been removed.
ICT Minister Steven Joyce says the Maori Party would have voted for the Telecommunications Amendment Bill if the regulatory forbearance period had remained.
A Maori working group is to be established to help steer the roll-out of the Rural Broadband Initiative.
ICT Minister Steven Joyce appears to have rejected a suggestion by 11 telcos and industry groups that legislation to enact Ultra Fast Broadband be changed to enable regulatory oversight into pricing during the first decade of the build.
InternetNZ and TUANZ are united in opposing a request by Telecom for a fifth variation to its operational separation requirements.
The government has signed contracts with Telecom and Vodafone to roll out the $285 million Rural Broadband Initiative.
InternetNZ, Federated Farmers and TUANZ have written to the chairman of Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee, Craig Foss, proposing major changes to the Telecommunications Amendment Bill.
Following the decision by ICT Minister Steven Joyce to select the Telecom/Vodafone bid for the Rural Broadband Initiative, I contacted him to ask if he had just entrenched a duopoly.
ICT Minister Steven Joyce has announed that the government will negotiate with Telecom and Vodafone for the provision of rural broadband throughout New Zealand.
ICT Minister Steven Joyce has responded to questions based on comments left on the Computerworld website today, following his announcment that the government is negotiating with Telecom and Vodafone to roll out the Rural Broadband Initiative.
ICT Minister Steven Joyce says that terms of reference for a government review of the emergency calling service have been agreed to.
The award-wining Telecommunications Disputes Resolution Scheme, which has shed several members since it began over two years ago, is under fire from consumer groups.
Three proposals for the Rural Broadband Initiative have been short-listed, with New Zealand Rural Fibre Group left out in the cold.
Crown Fibre Holdings has concluded negotiations with Northpower and WEL Networks in a $200 million deal to roll out fibre as part of the government’s Ultra Fast Broadband network.