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• FryUp: Just say no

  I cahn say that!
  Just say no
  In the slammer, spammer

• TelstraClear has no plans to join peering trial

  TelstraClear will not be drawn back into peering quickly, saying it will wait and see how Telecom’s trials of a new peering service go.

• Telco questions MED's role in spectrum management

  TelstraClear wants spectrum management to be removed from the Ministry of Economic Development and placed with the Telecommu-nications Commissioner.

• TelstraClear partners for northern push

  TelstraClear and Northpower have signed a memorandum of understanding to allow TelstraClear to deliver voice and high speed broadband services over Northpower’s fibre optic network.

• TelstraClear attacks mobile business once more

  TelstraClear today launched new mobile plans, effectively re-entering the mobile market, after the collapse of its relationship with Vodafone last July.

• Cabletalk sale imminent: directors

  Telecommunications services provider Cabletalk says discussions with a potential buyer “have progressed satisfactorily” and that the company’s directors “expect to conclude negotiations within the next week”, according to a statement posted on the NZX.

• BNZ rolls out VoIP for 5,000 users

  TelstraClear has just completed what it says is its largest-ever VoIP implementation.

• FryUp: No! Pigs fly!

  — You Loggy
  — No! Pigs fly!
  — A Google Docs Treasure
  — Whither Vista SP1?
  You Loggy
  My very good friend Nat would love the language in this Aussie gem, which means that everyone else's ears will turn blue and fall off listening to it, especially towards the end.

• FX Networks cries foul on alleged FUD-slinging

  There’s war out there in the fibre-optic trenches. FX Networks chief executive Murray Jurgeleit says he’s been told by existing and potential customers that Telecom and TelstraClear are spreading FUD (fear, uncertaintly and doubt), suggesting FX is financially shaky.

• FX Networks beats TelstraClear to TVNZ deal

  FX Networks has won Television New Zealand’s internet services business, displacing incumbent TelstraClear.

• Unisys nails large Vodafone ANZ outsourcing deal

  Unisys has signed a major transtasman contract to provide ICT services to Vodafone Australia and New Zealand.

• Post-Christmas blues hit major ISPs, Lotto

  Telecom and TelstraClear internet services suffered significant outages over the Christmas-New Year period.

• TelstraClear’s DSL service gets top ranking again

  TelstraClear’s DSL service has once again been ranked as the top broadband service in New Zealand, according to a broadband performance analysis conducted by internet measurement company Epitiro.

• TelstraClear loses Ministry of Social Development contract

  The Ministry of Social Development has ditched TelstraClear and is in contract negotiations with Gen-i and Vodafone for its telecommunications services.

• TelstraClear opens new path to health network

  TelstraClear has entered the health networking market, offering services to the secure Health Network, a virtual private network (VPN) servicing the country’s health providers.