TUANZ MEDIA RELEASE – 2nd July 2015 The Commerce Commission latest draft decision on wholesale copper charges this morning has provided a mixed bag of results for users today. Users will see no benefit in their monthly bills from telecommunications service providers given that the price set for monthly access remains basically unchanged from the […]
Guest Blog* from Bill Bennett. Bill blogs here. Communications Minister Amy Adams says New Zealand’s government supported fibre network has hit the halfway point. In a press release the minister says: “The UFB build is going from strength-to-strength, with fibre being rolled out to communities up and down the country. The project continues to be […]
Guest Blog* from Reuben Bilj, Co-founder at Smudge Apps. Smudge are a TUANZ member and was born at the start of the smartphone revolution. They have been building mobile apps for the last 6 and a half years with clients such as Vodafone, SKY TV, STUFF and YELLOW. “Apple hosts about 4 keynote events annually, and of […]
10th June 2015 Today’s release at NZ National Field Days by TUANZ member, KPMG, of the Agribusiness Agenda 2015 highlights the importance of improving access in the rural sector to high speed broadband. The Agenda notes that since the last release in 2014 there has been an increased priority attached to delivering high speed rural […]
Today’s release of a discussion document by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment on options for improving land access for telecommunications is a welcome step from the Government towards expediting complex fibre installs according to the CEO of the Telecommunications Users Association of NZ, Craig Young. “We have for some time been pushing the […]
This guest blog* is from a posting originally on the website of TUANZ past CEO, Ernie Newman. (Original post here) “The Rural Connectivity Symposium today, run by TUANZ and the Rural Health Alliance, was inspirational. It was incredibly heartening to see these organisations leading the connectivity debate. And it delivered a first for me – the […]
The news that the Southern Cross Cable suffered its second cut in three months is a timely reminder of our reliance on that network for international connectivity from New Zealand to the rest of the world. Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand (TUANZ) CEO, Craig Young said “while we recognise that the Southern Cross […]
Yesterday SPARK launched a campaign to remind the general user community that the Commerce Commission process to decide the UCLL/UBA FPP (Final Pricing Principe) price is at a very important point. Right now the Commission is working through the detail of submissions and cross submissions and are looking to release a further draft determination on the […]
TUANZ is a not-for-profit membership association which comprises over 150 members, predominantly large organisations with a strong dependency on telecommunications technology as well as small enterprises. We also serve a representative group of SMEs and individual members. These small businesses and residential users are also the customers of our large corporate members, who are just […]
TUANZ and RHAANZ are pleased to formally announce that their jointly hosted Rural Connectivity Symposium will take place in Wellington at the James Cook Hotel on Thursday 28th May 2015. “The aim of the day is to gather representatives of rural users as well as service providers to learn and discuss possible priorities around the […]
