Telecommunications
Waterview project 'bound to go ahead'
The New Zealand Herald
4 February 2010
4 February 2010
Auckland City Council is waiting for details of changes in the $1.4 billion Waterview motorway project, which is subject to a fast-tracked consent application by the...More>
Mighty River Power to buy carbon credits from Taupo forest conversion
The National Business Review
4 February 2010
4 February 2010
Mighty River Power will buy carbon credits from a farmland-to-forest conversion near Lake Taupo. Maori interest Puketapu 3A Incorporation farms about 2,400 hectares of pastoral land in the upper Kuratau sub...More>
Support for Telecom move
The Southland Times
3 February 2010
3 February 2010
Telecom should be free to outsource jobs overseas if it helps it compete in the market, a group representing telecommunications consumers says. Telecommunications Users Association chief executive Ernie Newman said though New Zealanders might "sentimentally" want as many jobs to be in this...More>
Eastland puts in fibre bid
The Gisborne Herald
2 February 2010
2 February 2010
A proposal that would use the region's electricity network to fast-track the deployment of ultrafast broadband has been put to the Government, which is expected to make a decision in the next few months on partners for its...More>
Telecom compo fails to impress customers
Waikato Times
2 February 2010
2 February 2010
Telecom customers are not impressed with a $5 million compensation offer for its XT network crash, with many threatening to leave the company. A small number had already pulled out of their contracts, Telecom...More>
Telecom compo fails to impress customers
The Southland Times
2 February 2010
2 February 2010
Telecom customers are not impressed with a $5 million compensation offer for its XT network crash, with many threatening to leave the company. A small number had already pulled out of their contracts, Telecom...More>
Mystery fibre bid may be Canadian
The Southland Times
2 February 2010
2 February 2010
Canadian company Axia NetMedia may be the mystery international firm bidding to provide ultrafast Axia NetMediato three-quarters of New Zealand homes and...More>
One Commissioner Only For Wind Farm Related Hearing
Tararua District Council
1 February 2010
1 February 2010
(Posted: 2 February) A resource consent hearing for an alternative access road to the proposed Waitahora Wind Farm will be heard by a single commissioner, the council has...More>
Construction company partners with CityLink in fibre proposal
The Southland Times
1 February 2010
1 February 2010
Construction company Fulton Hogan will partner with Wellington's CityLink in its bid to build an underground fibre-optic network connecting homes and businesses in the Wellington...More>
Budget to cover tax rules - English
The Southland Times
31 January 2010
31 January 2010
The Government will tackle problems with the tax system in this year's Budget, Finance Minister Bill English has confirmed. English said on Friday that he would address "imbalances and inequities" in the tax system, as the latest set of Crown accounts shows the economy continuing to...More>
XT problems 'pain in the butt' - farmers
The New Zealand Herald
28 January 2010
28 January 2010
Farmers in the deep south affected by Telecom's XT mobile network outage are describing the problems as "a real pain in the butt". Mobile services are still out in the lower part of the country, including Dunedin, Invercargill, Timaru and Queenstown and users in other areas are also experiencing...More>
Kordia reports $1.3m half-year profit
Radio New Zealand
27 January 2010
27 January 2010
Crown-owned telecommunications network company Kordia made a $1.3 million profit in the six months to December, a turnaround from the $4.5 million loss in the same period a year...More>
Govt green-lights scheme to tag meat
The Southland Times
27 January 2010
27 January 2010
A scheme to trace beef and venison back to the farm it came from has been given the go-ahead by the Government. The National Animal Identification and Tracing (Nait) project, more than two years in the planning, would get government funding, Agriculture Minister David Carter said...More>
Telecom still cool on split
The Southland Times
27 January 2010
27 January 2010
Telecom chief executive Paul Reynolds has doused growing speculation that the company has warmed to the idea of splitting into two separately owned businesses to get a piece of the action from the Government's...More>
Kordia posts $1m profit
The New Zealand Herald
27 January 2010
27 January 2010
State-owned communications company Kordia Group has posted a net profit after tax of $1 million in the six months to December 31, compared to a $4.4 million loss in the same period last...More>
'Angry' Reynolds orders independent review of XT
The National Business Review
27 January 2010
27 January 2010
Telecom chief executive Paul Reynolds has tonight issued a statement saying he has commissioned an independent review of his companys 3G mobile network,...More>
Kordia Group reports interim profit
The National Business Review
27 January 2010
27 January 2010
State-owned communications company Kordia Group has posted a net profit after tax of $1 million in the six months to December 31, compared to a $4.4m loss in the same period last...More>
Telecom XT outages unacceptable - association
The New Zealand Herald
27 January 2010
27 January 2010
Some Telecom mobile customers are still experiencing problems after a massive outage today. Customers south of Taupo had problems making and receiving phone calls, sending text messages and using broadband services after the 11am...More>
Telecoms XT network fails, again, south of Taupo
The National Business Review
26 January 2010
26 January 2010
For the second time in two months, the new mobile network goes haywire. Barely a month and a half after its December 14 outage, which saw around 90,000 customers from Taupo to Bluff lose service for most a day, Telecoms XT network appears to be playing up...More>
Kordia back in the black
The Southland Times
26 January 2010
26 January 2010
State-owned network company Kordia has posted a strong half-year after tax profit of $1 million for the half ended 31 December 2009. The result compares with an an after tax loss of...More>
Telecom commissions review after second outage
The Southland Times
26 January 2010
26 January 2010
Telecom has commissioned an independent review of its XT network after a second outage in as many months left thousands of customers unable to use their cellphones...More>
Sparks fly over power
Waikato Times
25 January 2010
25 January 2010
The vulnerability of the North Island's electricity supply was exposed by a Matangi fire sparked by sagging transmission lines and an angry farmer crusading against Transpower access to his...More>
Sherriff replaces Osborne at telco
The New Zealand Herald
13 January 2010
13 January 2010
Mobile operator 2degrees' long-standing chairman Bill Osborne is to be replaced by deputy chairman Stewart Sherriff. Former All Black and Quotable Value chief executive Osborne, who will remain a board member, has served as the company's chairman since its inception almost 10 years...More>
Analyst firm says tech sector to recover in 2010
3 News
12 January 2010
12 January 2010
By Barbara Ortutay The tech downturn is over and a recovery is on the way after a "dismal" 2009, as companies resume spending on computers and software, according to a new...More>