Telecommunications (Telco) stories - Page 93

We look at the challenges that telco service providers are facing. We uncover the answer to one of their issues.

This 4G-capable phone-bordering-on-phablet has guts. HD screen, decent audio and the smoothness of Android Marshmallow 6.0, it’s worth its price.

Downer withdraws from Chorus fibre rollout, exposing poor treatment of contractors and risking network sustainability.

Spark is upping the data caps - and some prices - on some of its popular home & business plans by as much as 50% to cater for Kiwis' love for data.

Kordia Group has beaten its own financial expectations and raked in a net profit of $12.3 million, $5.6 million (85%) more than expected.

Chorus looks to future as CEO Mark Ratcliffe announces mid-2017 departure, after steering the firm since landmark 2011 demerger.

Spark aids Kiwis contacting loved ones in quake-hit Italy by crediting call and text charges amidst rising casualties.

NEC New Zealand appoints Takashi Tada as new Managing Director to lead the company's business transformation efforts.

NZ's watchdog probes Chorus's sway in the telecom backhaul market amid concerns of market fairness and competition.

After acquiring Motorola and IBM’s System x server business, Lenovo’s fiscal 1Q17/calendar 2Q16 earnings revealed lingering growing pains.

Defining the rules is the first step in securing your school’s network. Ingram Micro’s Andrew Khan explains what you need to know.

Spark celebrates landmark achievement with 100th Rural Broadband Initiative site in Reikorangi, expanding 3G and 4G coverage.

New Zealand telco Spark tests Gigabit connections in Christchurch, enabling more people to upgrade their internet speeds.

2degrees remains tight-lipped on speculation about a possible AUD $900 million acquisition by Australian telco TPG, quelling merger rumours.

The difference between Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) & New Zealand's Ultrafast Broadband Network (UFB) rollouts is tellingly different.

NZ leaps in global internet race with new 1Gbps fibre option, boosting digital economy and innovation, says Minister Adams.

Vodafone wins government contracts with Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and Ministry of Justice.

Blue Reach, Freeview, InternetNZ, Spark, Trustpower, TUANZ, TVNZ and 2degrees all have serious concerns about the Sky-Vodafone merger.

Spark says mobile and platform IT services now outweigh declining areas of the business, which Spark's chairman says reflects a turning point.

We speak to security experts from Unitec and Vodafone about the ever-changing face of ransomware & what NZ is doing in the cyber security arms race.