Communications Minister Amy Adams has opened a new network operation centre in Hamilton, as Alcatel-Lucent starts work on revamping network operations for Chorus in New Zealand.
Chorus has reported a 45 per cent increase in the number of fibre broadband connections in the three months to 30 June, taking the total to 433,000, exceeding the number of ADSL connections for the first time.
Communications minister Simon Bridges has announced release of the March 2017 Quarterly Broadband Update saying it shows the number of households, business, schools and hospitals connected to UFB has increased 12 percent in the past three months to almost 4000,000 and that deployment for phase one of the UFB programme is almost three-quarters complete, providing 1,103,000 households and businesses with access to download speeds of close to 1Gbps.
Northpower has announced commencement of construction of the UFB network in Hikurangi, saying it will be completed in September this year and will pass more than 650 customers.
“UFB has the potential to transform New Zealand’s economy."
Chorus has completed its work under the Government’s Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI).
Installation worries and high-cost contract fears are still preventing Kiwis getting ultra-fast broadband.
Industry expert Brendan Ritchie, CEO, DTS, gives his views on the current state of UFB speeds across New Zealand...
On Tuesday June 5, Sarah Putt watched as a Fibre to the Home connection was installed in Albany, Auckland.