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How the 2degrees-Vocus merger affected competition
WEB1 day ago · Broadband competition. Fixed broadband is more competitive. In 2022, prices for most users, but not high end users, were higher in New Zealand than in other OECD countries. Entry level plans here cost $65 a month, with the OECD average being $53. High end plans at $73 were significantly lower than the OECD average of $111.
What is this site about and who is Bill Bennett?
WEBBill Bennett is a freelance New Zealand technology and business journalist. He started writing about technology in 1980 as staff writer on Practical Computing magazine. He left the UK in 1987 to work in Wellington on The Dominion as Computer Page editor. He spent a decade working in Sydney, Australia. There he was managing editor of two ...
Regulator targets mobile coverage maps, no hassle plan exits
WEBThe Commerce Commission wants mobile operators to make their mobile coverage maps easier to compare. At the same time it wants customers to be able to exit plans without penalty if the coverage at the places most important to them is not up to scratch. Regulators have given carriers a year to standardise their coverage maps.
Telecom complaints surge, CommComm fixes Chorus RAB - Bill …
WEBGrowth pace slackens for telecom equipment market. A blog post from the Dell’Oro Group says telecommunications equipment revenues grew at an annualised rate of three per cent in the first half of 2022. This compares with seven per cent growth in 2021. Dell’Oro reports that while growth rates remain, high in North America and China, conditions are “more challenging” in the Asia-Pacific ...
New Zealand tech slipping behind - billbennett.co.nz
WEBJun 10, 2022 · Aotearoa’s Digital Priorities in 2022, a report from Tuanz, sponsored and promoted by Vodafone, suggests New Zealand is at a “tipping point” and “slipping behind the world on key measures of digital economic performance”. The report pulls on data from the Portulans Institute Network Readiness Index which benchmarks and ranks nations on a range of technology measures.
NZ broadband faces competitive reset - Bill Bennett
WEBLow Earth orbit satellites, 5G and a fibre speed bump are set to reboot New Zealand broadband competition.. It’s a decade since the first customers connected to Ultrafast broadband. At that time fibre looked the likely Kiwi broadband future.
Working from home: Networks for beginners - Bill Bennett
WEBTypically there will be one incoming port and four outgoing ports. They all use something called Ethernet, which is a 40-year-old wire network technology. Ethernet is reliable and can run at speeds from a few megabits per second up to 400 gigabits per second. Today’s home routers also offer Wi-fi.
Budget 2022 earmarks $20 million for NZ software - Bill Bennett
WEBNew Zealand’s 2022 Budget includes $20 million that will be spent over the next four years on supporting the technology sector.. The money will go towards two projects that are part of the Digital Technologies Industry Transformation Plan.
NZ Tech Podcast discusses school phone ban - Bill Bennett
WEBAug 9, 2023 · This week on the NZ Tech Podcast Paul Spain and I discuss UNESCO's call to ban phones in school classrooms just hours before New Zealand's main opposition National Party announced it plans to impose similar rules if it wins this year's election. See Momentum building for school phone bans for more on what is happening elsewhere in the world.. The discussion links to a plan by the Cyberspace ...
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