No certainty but uncertainty
The minister’s announcement about the upcoming policy review is designed to provide certainty to the market. The outcome does anything but…
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Broadband is an adjective
I’ve been arguing about the role of television in driving demand for the UFB. Broadband isn’t a thing, it’s an adjective that describes what customers want and one of those things is access to television.
Privacy Commissioner issues guidance on SME and cloud computing
The Privacy Commissioner has put together a guide on cloud computing for SME business users.
The industry left in limbo
The Minister has released a major upheaval to our telecommunications industry. What has she said and what does it mean?
TUANZ submission on wholesale pricing
The Commerce Commission has asked for submissions on its contentious draft determination into wholesale pricing of Chorus’s copper lines. This is TUANZ’s submission
Open networks
Sir Tim Berners-Lee was in town yesterday to talk about openness. A true geek’s geek, Sir Tim raised some important issues that we must consider in the net neutrality debate.
Denial of Service attacks – who pays the piper?
Denial of Service attacks are more embarrassing than destructive these days, unless you’re the bill payer. So what happens when we’re all on ultra fast fibre connections?
Happy New Year – how’s your phone bill?
A bunfight is brewing in Australia over whether customers are seeing any benefit from the reduction in termination rates for calling mobile phones. New Zealand undertook similar rate reductions but how has it affected your phone bill?
The Greens rev up the ICT sector
The Green Party has posted a discussion document on the future of ICT in New Zealand’s economy and it could have been written by us here at TUANZ. So what’s in it and where does it go from here?
The Prime Minister versus the Commerce Commission
The Prime Minister has said twice now that he won’t rule out overriding the Commerce Commission’s findings on the price of wholesale broadband. Can he actually do that?
