TCF moves to formalise fibre installation practices
The New Zealand Telecommunications Forum (TCF) has published a for-comment draft of a new code for the installation of fibre to the premises.
The New Zealand Telecommunications Forum (TCF) has published a for-comment draft of a new code for the installation of fibre to the premises.
The British government is still deliberating on the use of Huawei equipment in a future 5G network but aims to announce its decision in the next month
Since mid 2017 Spark has reduced its customer service costs by 25 percent and call volumes to its contact centre by 33 percent through the use of human online chat and virtual assistants – chatbots.
The Commerce Commission has released a draft report indicating its intention to recommend deregulation of Spark’s resale copper voice services.
China told Australia at the World Trade Organization on Friday that Australia's restriction on Chinese 5G telecoms technology was "obviously discriminative" and appeared to break global trade rules, according to a transcript seen by Reuters.
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has won the contract to supply the US$350 million Southern Cross NEXT submarine cable, scheduled for completion in 2021 that will connect Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tokelau, Kiribati and the United States.
U.S. security concerns about 5G mobile networks built by Chinese telecoms giant Huawei appear to be driven by politics and trade rather than any evidence, the head of the U.N. internet and telecoms agency said on Friday.
The intensity with which company representatives disputed each other's claims underscores the high stakes in the battle for supremacy over an industry that is expected to spend US$275 billion over seven years in the US alone
Vocus New Zealand, owner of Slingshot and Orcon, has hit out at Chorus' proposed pricing for access to its unbundled fibre saying it will make the provision of competitive services impossible.
Telecoms equipment supplier Ericsson is yet to see an increase in contract wins on the back of security concerns over China's Huawei, the Swedish company's chief executive said on Wednesday.
Chorus' largest shareholder, Australian investment fund L1 Capital, and UK based market analyst firm, New Street Research have both expressed views that Chorus is presently significantly undervalued.
With people at every age likely to be plugged into the Internet and social media a study undertaken by Auckland University of Technology has revealed aged care facilities in New Zealand doing little to enable residents to get online.
The CEOs of New Zealand’s three largest broadband service providers — Simon Moutter (Spark), Jason Paris (Vodafone) and Stewart Sherriff (2degrees) — have penned an open letter to the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google.
The U.S. Embassy in Berlin said on Monday that use of untrusted vendors by allies in their 5G mobile networks could jeopardize future sharing of intelligence by the U.S. government.
Vodafone said any move by Britain to bar equipment made by China's Huawei from all parts of new 5G networks would cost it hundreds of millions of pounds and "very significantly" slow down the deployment of the new technology.