TUANZ welcomes Vodafone’s offer (but does Big Red understand what it’s saying?)
Vodafone has offered to let the government use its cable network in Wellington and Christchurch as part of the UFB build. Lovely, but there’s just one small problem…
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Return on investment
The cross-submissions on the UCLL price regulation process are out. Battle lines are being drawn, but what’s interesting is what’s not mentioned at all by Chorus in it’s report.
Media release: Cross submission asks ComCom to do the job right
Media release on TUANZ, Consumer and InternetNZ’s submission regarding UCLL price determination
Chorus’s costs
Chorus’s results are out and the company has said it will focus on cost cutting and seeking new revenue streams. Does this mean we’ll see the ‘nuclear option’ deployed?
Television over telco
Telecom/Spark has entered the world of television, and not for the first time. This time, however, it has to get it right, and so far the signs are good.
FPP Round One: Chorus makes an offer, but it comes with caveats
Chorus has suggested not bothering to build an economic model at all, but rather use its existing cost base to work out what we should pay. That’s very noble, but there are a few caveats that need to be dealt with.
Press release: No evidence of health effects from mobiles
Major UK study says “no” health effects from mobile phones or towers. Put away your tin-foil hats.
Don’t cry for MEA – why modern equivalent assets are so important
What is a “modern equivalent asset” and why is it so important to the Commerce Commission’s pricing determination for wholesale broadband?
Hotel wifi
Happy travellers or unhappy wifi users? What are your experiences of hotels and internet access like?
Spectrum
Telecom has won the spectrum auction but won’t be happy about it. The 700MHz spectrum supplementary auction was always going to be the telco equivalent of the Cold War and Telecom has ended up paying four times more than it should for its spectrum.
