2degrees has switched on its 4G network in Auckland this morning, following a three-month trial. 4G now live on 2degrees in 72 sites around central Auckland (see a coverage map here). The carrier says it will triple Auckland coverage by the end of the year. It also expects to make 4G available in Hamilton, Wellington and
On May 14, Chorus said it would double the speed of its fastest residential UFB fibre plans to 200Mbit/s from July, wholesaling the new service to ISPs for $55. Today, Ultrafast Fibre (UFF) said it will introduce a 1Gbit/s (1000Mbit/s) residential fibre plan from July, wholesaled for $65. 1Gbit/s is the speed the winning town
Telecom fixes major network glitch Telecom says it has now fixed the hardware fault that caused chaos on its network today. The Mayoral Drive exchange network switch failure interrupted an upgrade to Telecom’s prepay mobile service, which was rendered inaccessible. The upgrade will now be completed tonight. Telecom has also confirmed that as well as
Telecom NZ suffers large-scale systems failure Nationwide issue also downs Chorus. A systems failure this morning has taken a large portion of Telecom New Zealand’s nationwide users offline, leaving customers without access to online systems for several hours and with no service restoration in sight. The ongoing fault follows a planned upgrade yesterday. Telecom NZ-related
Chorus is hitting back at accusations it’s trying to rush the copper broadband price review. InternetNZ says the network operator’s trying to push the Commerce Commission into a decision too quickly. But Chorus spokesman Ian Bonner says they’re just looking for a clear way forward. “The retailers don’t know exactly what they’re going to have
