Telcos slam copper pricing ruling as “worst possible” outcome for Kiwis
“The losers out of this are New Zealand consumers and businesses.”
“The losers out of this are New Zealand consumers and businesses.”
Craig Young will take over the reins of Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand (TUANZ) following the departure of CEO Paul Brislen, starting October 13th 2014.
Paul Matthews, CEO of the Institute of IT Professionals (IITP), has a candid chat with ComputerWorld New Zealand on the changing nature of the industry, the challenges that are yet to come and the role of the various IT organisations in the country.
Industry analyst firm Ovum says the impact of the Commerce Commission’s UBA decision will reach beyond Chorus.
Commonsense has prevailed and the government won’t be able to overrule the independence of the Commerce Commission, says TUANZ chief executive Paul Brislen in the wake of all the opposition parties refusing the support any such legislation.
Government plans to auction the remaining 4G spectrum is the worst outcome on offer from a competition point of view, says TUANZ (Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand) chief executive Paul Brislen.
New Zealand’s smaller towns and cities are enthusiastically vying to drive their citizens into responding to Chorus’ year-long promotion and to become the southern hemisphere’s first “Gigatown”.
Research firm IDC and telecommunications user group TUANZ have come out on opposite sides of the debate over the government’s proposed copper-based broadband pricing.
Revelations about the US electronic surveillance progamme PRISM have led a group of New Zealand ICT organisations to send an open letter to Prime Minister John Key and Law and Order Committee Chair Jacqui Dean calling for an extension to submissions on the TICS and GCSB Bills currently out for consultation.
The Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand (TUANZ) may fold within a month, unless more of its members renew their annual subscription fees.
InternetNZ is initiating a meeting of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the ICT industry at its NetHui on July 11 at SkyCity in Auckland.
Frank March is both a Ministry of Economic Development official and president of InternetNZ. In part two of this Q and A with Stephen Bell he talks about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, whether InternetNZ will move into the telco user space and he considers the departing Telecom CEO's view of regulation.
TelstraClear retained the fastest web page download in the country during September under TrueNet's monthly speed test.
According to TrueNet, "Users on TelstraClear’s cable network saw a test page load in less than quarter of a second, even faster than last month’s result down from 0.20 second to 0.15 seconds in September (please note that in an earlier version of this article these figures were wrongly attributed to Telecom Retail). That far outstrips the next nearest rival, Telecom Retail, which slipped slightly this month and went 0.30 to 0.38 seconds.
“Both WorldxChange and Vodafone saw marked improvements over their August results but still have a long way to go to catch up to TelstraClear’s cable results," says TrueNet's John Butt.
According to a TrueNet media release "TrueNet gathers its information from an army of volunteers whose experience is monitored on an ongoing basis all month. The number of volunteers and the number and variety of tests run means TrueNet can report on the experience from a customer’s point of view with a high degree of certainty about the results.
"TUANZ and TrueNet are working together to produce independent, high quality third party data on the telco environment in New Zealand to better help New Zealanders understand and manage their telco services."
TUANZ chief executive Paul Brislen says TrueNet’s service helps users better understand the complexities of the industry.
“TrueNet’s results allow customers to compare apples with apples and really understand what it is they’re getting from their providers. The range and depth of the testing enables users to understand the variations in the market and to make their buying decisions accordingly."
With the general election in view, InternetNZ is readying a “manifesto for the internet”, outlining policies that its membership and others interested in the advance of internet services would like to see the major parties adopt.
TUANZ last night announced the finalists of the 2011 Innovation Awards, with winners to be announced at a black tie event in Auckland next month.
The awards include eight judged categories, while members of the public can vote for the Carrier of the Year, Mobile Service Provider of the Year and ISP of the Year at ilovemytelco.co.nz