Starlink's direct to cell technology now used for One NZ's IoT network. Spark broadband price rise has consequences. Tuatahi ...

Spark delays 3G shutdown to March 2026 as rivals stick to earlier timelines. Also in this issue: the shift from VPNs to Zero ...

Australian warship disrupts wireless networks, Spark warns cloud adoption is stalling, Chorus updates its outage map, and 2degrees teams with Datacom. Plus: Freeview adds HD, and telcos react to ...

The Commerce Commission says New Zealand’s widespread adoption of low earth orbit satellites in country areas has reset rural broadband competition. Much of the focus of the ComCom’s 2024 ...

EverCommerce 1 bought Dunedin-based Timely in a deal that could be worth more than $100 million. It’s the fourth trade sale of a New Zealand based technology company this year. That has raised ...

Copper phone networks have served New Zealand for over 100 years. Urban copper won’t be around much longer. Spark has started to call time on urban copper. It says it plans to retire PSTN in Devonport ...

The latest stats from APNIC, the Asia-Pacific regional Internet address registry, estimates Starlink has 85k New Zealand users. That’s a shade under 2 per cent of the total market. SpaceX has achieved ...

It’s easy to sceptical about the current wave of AI euphoria. There is a lot of hype to navigate. Every tech company has an AI story to tell: worthwhile or not. Failure to tick the AI box makes it ...

Tait Communications now 100 percent owner of Next Generation Critical Communications network build contract. Tablet computers make a comeback. Tait takes control of Next Generation Critical ...

Vodafone to rebrand as One New Zealand early next year Vodafone will become One New Zealand early in 2023. The change comes with a new green hoop logo to replace the red inverted comma. It means the ...

Chorus and DataGrid have gone public on plans to build a 6,000km trans-Tasman submarine cable network. The new Tasman Ring Network has a planned capacity of 540 Tbps. Depending on demand levels, the ...

In the 1980s I worked on a magazine feature about the paperless office of the future. We interviewed people who said it was close. Any day now. We never got there. Today the printer remains essential.