An overview of IoT in New Zealand, covering networks, real-world uses in agriculture and infrastructure, and key challenges.

The government review of telecommunications regulation aims to strip out copper-era rules and cut costs. Spark launches ...

Spark and One NZ are embarked on similar satellite strategies using SpaceX's Starlink constellation. Rival 2 degrees is a taking an entirely different approach to integrating satellites into its ...

New Zealand depends on submarine cables to connect to the world. They carry everything: voice, internet data, streaming video ...

New Zealand’s distance from major global hubs means local data centres reduce latency and improve performance for users.

Satellite-to-mobile phone text services from any part of New Zealand could be months away. 2degrees recently conducted successful trials of the technology with satellite operator Lynk in a paddock ...

A decade ago the media sector, in effect, saw off digital piracy. Now piracy is on the way back. Last week the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published a report showing piracy declined slowly ...

Cyclone Gabrielle knocked out phone and data coverage across parts of the North Island east coast, exposing gaps in network resilience. As clean-up gets underway, telcos are revisiting their ...

The latest Measuring Broadband New Zealand (MBNZ) report published by the Commerce Commission show improved download speeds for fixed wireless and fibre max customers. In its Spring Report, the ...

If everything goes to plan, by the time you read this Chorus will have turned off the power at 28 roadside cabinets serving the copper phone network. The cut off was scheduled to take place this week.

America is leaning hard on Britain to reject Huawei as a UK 5G network builder. Meanwhile all the parties in New Zealand have gone quiet on the subject. US officials told British ministers using ...

Spark's low-cost, low-customer touch Skinny brand came out top in all four categories in the Commerce Commission's first Residential Mobile Rankings. One New Zealand took the wooden spoon coming last ...