NZ’s most embarrassing tech disasters, Part 1
Sometimes, tech enriches our lives. Other times ... oh, boy.
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Biggest foreign investment deals of 2023
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One NZ staff protest over work-from-home policy
The telecommunications company was a pioneer of flexi-time work in 2020.
Telecommunications sites targeted in spate of solar panel thefts
Two men have been remanded in custody until January 8 next year.
2degrees starts ‘cell tower in space’ trial in Nelson - what customers can expect
Lynk hooks up with A-Rod for $1.6 billion IPO. One NZ updates on Starlink partnership.
Spark offers free mobile during landline broadband outages, tests satellite service
Satellites could cover for damaged fibre during the next natural disaster, the telco says.
Picking the right phone or broadband plan: Watchdog puts heat on telcos with five new measures
Telcos have not been following the watchdog's other recommendations.
One NZ layoffs: 'This is not about AI taking people’s jobs'
Move comes against the backdrop of transition to being "an AI-led" telco.
New bright red radios donated to rescuers
Pelican packs and new radios donated after Cyclone Gabrielle highlighted comms importance.
Out of tune: Dozens of jobs to be cut as Chorus embeds new structure
'Sadly, we will see people leaving the company early next year.'
Does Starship blowing up, again, put One NZ’s promise of a 'mobile-to-satellite service in 2024' at risk?
PLUS: 2degrees, Spark update on plans with Starlink rival Lynk.
54 billion minutes of silence: The astonishing death of the phone call
Telegraph: Why the long phone call is becoming a thing of the past.
Christopher Niesche: A lesson for Optus - don’t mock your customers
A handy crisis management tip.
Australia's Optus blackout explained: What is a ‘deep network’ outage?
Optus suffered one of the largest telecommunications outages in Australian history.
‘An extra lane on the motorway’ - One NZ wants to buy Dense Air, rival snarls
Commerce Commission to referee Dense Air deal, which could hurt Spark and 2degrees.
Fibre sale touted as win for Bay consumers
'Now is the right time to hand the stewardship on to a parent company.'
Chorus unveils tool to help it face the next big natural disaster
Plus: Spark, One and 2degrees update on their post-Gabrielle efforts to boost resilience.
Infratil’s CDC Data Centres gets another valuation hike, Auckland plans expanded
Yet another revaluation as CDC's construction plans expanded, accelerated.
Consumer Watchdog critical as Contact Energy hikes prices by 10pc
Price rise for around half the firm's customers. Move follows broadband price rise.
$478K in refunds for Slingshot and Orcon customers over undisclosed break fees
Payments, which follow High Court action, range between $149 and $250 per customer.
Watchdog calls power-broadband deals ‘bundles of confusion’
Power companies respond. Plus: our telco czar's next two targets.
Juha Saarinen: Musk turns Starlink into a national security worry
OPINION: Even a vile social media cesspit can't drown out Musk critics, Russia concerns.
Watchdog ranks telcos in new customer service ‘league table’ - but also pulls some punches
PLUS: Elon Musk's Starlink continues to surge.
Juha Saarinen: How eSims will change your mobile phone experience
ANALYSIS: Apple has already gone full eSim in North America, but how does it work here?
Who's leading our cyclone recovery?
Recovery agency working to ensure opportunity to rebuild region isn't squandered.
Chorus: Waiting for the other boot to drop
Why the future isn't knowable after 2024.
Why One NZ has just copped a record fine
Penalty comes after both sides appealed original penalty. Telco responds.
One NZ's record $3.6m fine for misleading broadband promotions
Company tried to overturn convictions in court, lost, and had bigger penalty imposed.
'One of the best things I've done': Schools with phone bans already in place report positive results
Schools with cellphone bans report increased productivity and better social interactions.
One NZ joins smartwatch fray with $5/month plan
"Wearable" plans from One NZ and Spark let you leave your phone at home.
I have to stop phubbing everyone - including my other half
OPINION: I try to stay focused, but my attention is waning.
'World-first' satellite-to-normal-phone call completed
Lynk is competing with Elon Musk's Starlink in the cell tower in the sky stakes.
Buried lead cables less risky than DIY, health expert says
Kiwis making bullets, sinkers, doing up old homes face lead poison risks.