One of the National Party’s election promises was to extend the government’s Ultrafast Broadband network. Originally the plan was to spend $1.5 billion to cover 75 percent of the population living in cities and towns. Now the government aims to spend another $150 million to $200 million reaching an extra 200,000 people for a total
Atlas Gentech, distributor of Ericsson-LG Enterprise in New Zealand, installed iPECS-LIK system at Scenic Hotel Group (SHG), operating 17 hotels throughout New Zealand and Tonga as a communications system. Ericsson-LG Enterprise iPECS-LIK solution implemented across all hotels in the group & for head office . Key components include iPECS attendant, SIP trunking, Fidelio integration and
Chorus has today announced the five towns that have gone through to the final round of the Gigatown competition. Dunedin, Gisborne, Nelson, Timaru and Wanaka have all won places in the final and will go on to compete for the chance to become New Zealand’s first Gigatown. Chorus can also confirm that Orcon has signed
InternetNZ has welcomed a move by ICT Minister Amy Adams to top up the six-year, $300 million Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) with $100 million more in contestable funding if National is re-elected. Ms Adams has also promised $50 million to boost mobile phone coverage in remote areas. The policy would be funded by extending the
