Telecommunications (Telco) stories - Page 108

Parliament unanimously approves Bill to expedite UFB, promising swifter broadband access for shared properties.

IO partners with Superloop to create a dark fiber network in Singapore, improving connectivity for IO customers.

2degrees mobile telecom pioneer Tex Edwards exits, selling his stake after shaping the company into a formidable NZ market player.

A Telstra exec's career ends behind bars after pilfering £250k in devices for resale and gifts, facing parole after 18 months served.

Sky shareholders have voted YES to the Sky-Vodafone merger this morning at a special meeting held at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland this morning.

The Vodafone-Sky merger is set to be put to shareholders at 10.30am tomorrow morning (July 6) at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland.

Lenovo says it will help clients in this sector build out next-generation data centres using Open source technologies to address the growing demand.

The Pullman Sydney Airport hotel has deployed a cloud-based collaboration solution, reducing costs and improving guest services.

The Commerce Commission has recently confirmed it will investigate whether Spark's resale voice services should be deregulated.

Spark faces backlash after a major outage, as firms tally the high costs of similar disruption and stress the need for robust infrastructure.

Bigpipe's new app allows customers to view what’s happening on their network and decide what kind of traffic gets priority over their connection.

Aussie and Kiwi internet leap forward: Aus mobile peaks at 147.6 Mbps, while NZ's broadband sees notable gains, Akamai reports.

Chorus responds to reports of weather-related faults causing internet issues in New Zealand, as Spark blames Chorus for spike in faults.

Severe weather and Chorus network faults cause havoc for Spark users, leading to a significant surge in landline problems.

It's about to get a whole lot easier for Kiwis to choose the best internet service provider based on your needs, and ISPs can no longer hide.

Shared property and apartment dwellers will find it easier to connect to Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) in light of new changes made to the UFB rollout.

Ultrafast Fibre celebrates 50,000th connection to its UFB network, with CEO William Hamilton saying this reflects the company's strength as a trusted provider.

The Commerce Commission Telecomms Monitoring Report says data used by broadband subscribers each month rose 50% from 32GB in 2014 to 48GB in 2015.

It's reported that 45% of consumers have given up within a minute of their search because it's taken too long.

Wellington has immense value to the tech sector and will become more important as IT influence extends beyond the enterprise, WREDA says.