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New Zealand telecommunications 2024 - the big picture
2024年12月22日 · Low earth orbit satellites are making waves in rural New Zealand. In its 2024 Telecommunications Monitoring Report the Commerce Commission focused on the gaps remaining between rural and urban parts of the nation. While rural users continue to pay more and get less back, the arrival of SpaceX’s Starlink has reset competition in these areas.
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This is Bill Bennett’s technology and telecommunications news, opinion and analysis site. It examines the subject from a New Zealand perspective and includes a weekly newsletter published every Friday.
Download Weekly - New Zealand telecommunications. - Bill Bennett
The Download Weekly is published every Friday. It’s a free, readable, independent email newsletter wrap of New Zealand telecommunications news and analysis.
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Starlink revenue jumps, but misses target. Starlink, the low earth orbit satellite network that is a hit with wealthy rural Kiwis, reported revenue of US$1.4 billion last year. That's up from US$222 million a year earlier. The figures were reported in the Wall Street Journal which goes on to note this is well behind chief executive Elon Musk's target. ...
New Zealand tech slipping behind - billbennett.co.nz
2022年6月10日 · 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.
New Zealand falls behind 5G availability pack - Bill Bennett
ComCom sets out expectations on surcharges. An open letter from the Commerce Commission calls on businesses to be more reasonable about surcharges.. John Small, who chairs the Commerce Commission says: “…our intent is not to promote or discourage surcharging but to focus on ensuring that where merchants do surcharge, that they do so at no more than the cost of accepting the payment.”
How would NZ telecoms cope with another cyclone?
Telco sector strengthens resilience with upgrades but power remains the weak spot. New Zealand’s telecommunications companies have made strides in their ability to cope with future extreme weather events like Cyclone Gabrielle.
Broadband marketing rules cut confusion - billbennett.co.nz
One NZ’s Starlink coverage moves closer as testing beckons. One New Zealand says it is about to start testing its satellite to mobile service that will give customers connectivity in areas not currently served by its tower network.. The carrier says Starlink parent company SpaceX has obtained the permission to start testing.
Understanding the cost of New Zealand broadband - Bill Bennett
2024年6月17日 · NZ Compare published a press release saying New Zealand broadband prices rate in 128th place out of 223 nations. It asks “Do Kiwis pay too much? NZ Compare uses data from a survey by UK-based Cable.. Cable is a service provider, so hardly an independent observer of the market, but nevertheless this is the data we have to work with.