12th June 2018 With National Fieldays only a day away, TUANZ has today reiterated the importance of a maintained focus on continued improvement to connectivity in rural New Zealand. “While last week’s news that the Government has successfully brought forward the completion date of the latest round of the rural broadband initiative is welcome, we […]
27th March 2018 TUANZ welcomes the broader scope of the Commerce Commissions mobile market review. TUANZ welcomes today’s release of the scope for the review of the mobile market that the Commerce Commission will undertake this year. “We have been consistent over the last few years in calling for a fully independent study of the […]
8th February 2018 Christchurch fibre broadband provider, Enable, is the inaugural foundation sponsor of the Christchurch chapter of FLINT, or Future Leaders in Technology, a national leadership programme run by TUANZ (Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand) that provides networking development opportunities for the next generation of technology industry leaders. After successful FLINT chapters in […]
2nd February 2018 Today we have filed with Parliament our select committee submission on the current bill before the house to amend the Telco Act. Our focus is in ensuring the Act can respond quickly to changes for the benefit of users. At the recent board meeting, the discussion was very much around how any changes […]
8th December 2017 At this week’s TUANZ Board meeting, Liz Gosling was unanimously elected to take up the role of Chair. Immediate past Chair, Pat O’Connell had earlier indicated that it was time to hand the responsibility on to the next person. Liz is the tenth chair since incorporation in 1986, and the second woman […]
8th August 2017 TUANZ welcomes today’s long awaited introduction of the Telecommunications Amendment Bill which is the outcome of the review of the current regulatory framework. “Earlier this year we stated our support of many of the proposed changes when outlined in an options paper, and it’s pleasing to see these make it to […]
31st July 2017 TUANZ welcomes the recent letter sent from the Minister for Communications to the Telecommunications Commissioner in which he expresses his interest in the Commission undertaking a review of the mobile telecommunications market. “We have previously stated in our Telco Act Review submissions our desire to see an independant review of the mobile […]
31st July 2017 On Friday the 28th July, we wrote to Dr Stephen Gale, the Telecommunications Commissioner, supporting the call for a review of the mobile telecommunications market. 17Jul28 Letter to Dr Stephen Gale
2nd September 2016 TUANZ (The Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand) response to the Government’s Telco Review Options Paper. Read the Submission here.
4th November 2015 TUANZ (The Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand) response to the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment’s discussion paper: Regulating communications for the future – Review of the Telecommunications Act 2001. Read here: TUANZSubmissiononTelcoReviewNov15.
