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Whither VDSL?

We’re not likely to see fibre to the home for most New Zealand households until somewhere towards the end of the decade, so what are we going to do in the mean time? Hint: it’s already in place today. We just need to sort out the price point.

TUANZ submission on the five year spectrum outlook

​The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Economy (MBIE) now looks after the old Ministry of Economic Development’s spectrum unit. The spectrum team manage how the government issues licences for spectrum management – effectively a monopoly on the use of those spectrum lots for a set period of time. MBIE has asked for comment on its discussion paper surrounding the next five years and what should be done to encourage economic development in New Zealand.