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Telecommunications (Telco) stories - Page 105

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iPad Pro, now available from Vodafone New Zealand
Wed, 18th Nov 2015
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Vodafone New Zealand has announced the iPad Pro, complete with the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard, is now available to order from it’s website.
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MyRepublic targets SMEs with 1Gbps 'mass market priced' UFB
Wed, 18th Nov 2015
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MyRepublic says it's taking enterprise-grade 1Gbps symmetrical UFB to the mass market, targeting Kiwi SMB’s with a new offer.
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Cloud-based start ups see success in round two of Gig-Start funding
Tue, 17th Nov 2015
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Dunedin's Gig-Start Fund propels cloud-based innovators, with three startups winning $20,000 each in a fierce 'Dragons Den' battle.
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Four proven ways to speed up your broadband
Mon, 16th Nov 2015
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Suffering slow internet? Four expert tips could turbocharge your broadband, ensuring a faster, more reliable connection.
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Spark providing free calls to France following Paris attacks
Mon, 16th Nov 2015
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Spark will credit customers back for any landline and mobile calls and texts to France in the wake of Friday's Paris attacks.
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NZ Govt TaaS supply panel named
Fri, 13th Nov 2015
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​Spark Digital, Vodafone and Datacom are among the 12 companies appointed to the New Zealand Government telecommunications-as-a-service supply panel.
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M2 serves up NBN wholesale offerings
Thu, 12th Nov 2015
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M2 unveils NBN Connect, easing high entry costs for new service providers and broadening consumer options in the broadband market.
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Manual admin hampering Aussie managers - and companies
Wed, 11th Nov 2015
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Australian managers are spending 36% of their time on manual administrative tasks with companies failing to harness technology to accelerate work.
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5G investments high, despite lack of standardisation
Tue, 10th Nov 2015
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5G R&D and trial investments will account for nearly $5 billion by 2020, following a CAGR of nearly 40%, according to new research.
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Spark ups music play with Auckland City Limits partnership
Tue, 3rd Nov 2015
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Spark is upping its play in the music space, partnering with organisers and promoters for Auckland’s newest music festival, Auckland City Limits.
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Whanganui semi-finalist for global 'intelligent community' award
Mon, 2nd Nov 2015
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Whanganui has been named a Smart21 Community putting the city in the running for the global Intelligent Community of the Year award.
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New, collaborative ICT conference comes to Wellington
Tue, 27th Oct 2015
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Next July a major ICT conference will take place in Wellington. Known as ITx, the event will bring together 12 tech-related conferences and bodies.
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Demand for connectivity to soar following 2nd wave of digital transformation
Tue, 27th Oct 2015
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Ovum forecasts there will be 962.3 million fixed broadband subscriptions globally by the year 2020 which will represent a 43.5% household penetration.
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Linewize: Cloud managed content filtering for schools
Tue, 27th Oct 2015
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Managing Internet access at schools is a very hard job. Linewize's cloud-managed firewall which doesn’t merely block all content that’s nominally off-topic.
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Amy Adams shuts down Labour potshots at RBI
Tue, 27th Oct 2015
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Labour Party criticizes government's rural broadband plans, claiming cable between Wairoa and Tuai serves only one company.
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Governments are investing more in education technology
Fri, 23rd Oct 2015
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There is a direct correlation between investments into education and a country’s prosperity, according to Transparency Market Research.
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Spark appoints CGO as first step in Givealitte transition gets underway
Fri, 23rd Oct 2015
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Spark has appointed a chief giving officer, as the company looks to move the management of the Givealittle foundation within Spark.
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Labour Party continues to bag on rural broadband initiative
Fri, 23rd Oct 2015
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The Labour Party says Minister Amy Adams is currently trying to contain the fallout from the Government’s $300 million rural broadband scheme.
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Spark, Chorus and Vodafone to pay bulk of $50 million TDR
Fri, 23rd Oct 2015
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Spark, Chorus and Vodafone will pay almost 90% of the contributions towards the 50 million Telecommunications Development Levy for 2014/15.
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Centrify rolls out Android for Work mobility offering
Thu, 22nd Oct 2015
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Centrify enhances Android for Work with Google, boosting mobile security via identity management, SSO, and MFA across services.