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Deloitte report makes powerful case for more fibre
Deloitte's Unleashing the power of digital fibre infrastructure in New Zealand makes the case for greater investment in fibre. One NZ gets closer to 100 percent coverage. Starlink set to contribute to telecommunications development levy. A report from Deloitte says New Zealand’s fibre ...
Extending New Zealand fibre beyond UFB2 - Bill Bennett
Or at least it does in New Zealand. Extending the network in, say, Singapore, would be a snap by comparison ↩︎; One of these days I’ll get around to explaining this in a separate post ↩︎; This was particularly acute during the Rugby World Cup where fans in the rugby heartlands had second rate coverage. ↩︎
Transitions dominate TCF annual report - billbennett.co.nz
The New Zealand Telecommunications Forum’s annual report shows an industry in transition. 2degrees pairs with Palo Alto Networks to displace Spark from key education contract. Datacom notes a big rise in the number of NZ companies using AI.
NZ broadband faces competitive reset - Bill Bennett
Low 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.
Starlink fills gaps but doesn’t fix NZ rural coverage - Bill Bennett
Looked at from one perspective Starlink could be the missing piece of NZ’s rural broadband jigsaw puzzle, but the picture is more complex.
I didn’t leave WordPress, WordPress left me - billbennett.co.nz
Nov 4, 2024 — WordPress was great until about a decade ago. It was open source, which meant it could be free. It was simple and straightforward to use. It was customisable to the point where even non-technical users could build websites that didn’t look like WordPress sites.
Spark looks to bigger phone bundles for ARPU refresh
6 days ago — Spark has announced new mobile plans which have the potential to improve its average revenue per user (ARPU). When the company reduced its guidance for the 2025 financial year last month, it told the NZX that it expected its mobile service revenue to stay flat year-on-year. The company had ...
Benoit Felten on the UFB fibre upgrade - Bill Bennett
In late 2021 New Zealand's fibre wholesale companies boosted standard speeds on their networks from 100 mbps to 300 mbps. Paris-based analyst Benoit Felton puts the move into perspective:
Broadband marketing rules cut confusion - billbennett.co.nz
Telecommunications Commissioner, Tristan Gilbertson says the industry responded positively to the recently updated Broadband Marketing Guidelines. The guidelines have been refreshed to address concerns about consumer confusion and the nation enters the last stage of moving away from the copper ...