Guest post from Hayden Glass – Privacy is one of the big issues of the digital age. What privacy do we have, or can we have, in an era where all data is recorded for all time and potentially stored under another country’s legal system?
Vodafone has been cleared to buy TelstraClear. Is this the culmination of Russell Stanner’s Big Hairy Audacious Goal, to be the number one telco in New Zealand?
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.
The Commerce Commission is due to announce its decision on the Vodafone/TelstraClear deal tomorrow. What does it mean for the industry?
Broadband Genie is a UK-based consumer advice website that takes a close look at telecommunications issues. This is a guest post about the state of broadband pricing in the UK. Short version: green with envy.
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.
Learning on the job is always a challenge. Welcome to the new-look TUANZ website.
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…
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 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…
