ISPs positive about Telecom’s Jetstream rejig
But churn fee seen as unfair
But churn fee seen as unfair
Metro and regional services the only hope for broadband, says Tuanz chairman
Telecom has selected Scottish vendor Graham Technology over more established players for a new front end CRM system, because other CRM providers didn't offer what it was seeking, says Greg Patchell, Telecom's technology, strategy and capability general manager.
The word "telecom" is a generic term but New Zealanders so closely associate it with Telecom NZ that Nortel Networks has been prevented from using the trade mark "NT Northern Telecom" for its services business in this country.
Telecom Advanced Solutions head Chris Quin has scored the top job at the merged Gen-i and TAS.
Telecom will offer its new DSL products to competitors at wholesale rates and plans to introduce a new wholesale environment in the middle of the year whether the government forces it to or not.
Oh the irony. Telecom's customer of the month, the person who paid their bill on time by direct debit or online and who was picked at random, collects a cheque for $10,000. This month's lucky winner is Grant Forsyth, TelstraClear's government relations manager.
Telecom will design its own ASP product after announcing that it has ditched its current ASP partner, GDC Communications.
"The regulatory regime clearly hasn't worked"
Telecom and Alcatel have signed the country's largest "partnering" deal, although neither company has said how much the deal is worth.
TelstraClear has increased its pressure on Telecom by applying for an interim injunction from the High Court over what it describes as Telecom's failure to "activate links between the two networks".
Data revenues are increasing, income from landline calls is decreasing and cellular revenues are about the same, while subsidiary ISPs here and in Australia report revenue increases. That's the picture that emerges from Telecom's financial report for the half year ended December 31.
All we want is a level playing field says telco