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TUANZ submission on the five year spectrum outlook

22/10/2012 in /by

​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

31/08/2012 in , /by

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!

27/08/2012 in , /by

​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…

Guest blog – Where to for universal service

22/08/2012 in , , /by

Guest post from Hayden Glass from the Sapere Research Group.And broadband for allNow everyone has access to a telephone, the question is how to get everyone great broadband.Next year, the government will review the rules about universal service, ie, the questions of what minimum level of telecommunications service should be…