Entries by tuanzadmin

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.

WHERE TO FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE – PART 2

Guest post from Hayden Glass from the Sapere Research Group.In Part 1 of this post (link) we look at the historical approach to universal service. Part 2 looks at the future: and in particular at rural broadband.To its credit, the government has recognised that access to broadband in rural areas is a serious economic and social…

Citizens and Video Watchers Arise!

​New Zealanders have long suffered due to a lack of legitimate online video options. Alert readers will recall that we have lookedat these issues in a blog post  The Ins and Outs of Online Video, and the next step is to get some better data on how our options compare with more fortunatate isles.We want to do this by creating…