New Zealand's mobile sector challenges the idea that fibre should be the first choice for rural broadband. Overseas telcos ...

Telecommunications networks are crucial infrastructure. They carry essential services and underpin the economy. If networks fail, business and daily life can quickly stall. New Zealand also depends on ...

The Commerce Commission will investigate deregulating PSTN interconnection. Ventia plan to grow beyond telecoms with ...

Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) buy wholesale services from mobile networks and sell them to customers. They can do this without needing to own or invest in network infra ...

Render of AST SpaceMobile's tennis court-sized test satellite in low earth orbit. 2degrees and AST SpaceMobile say they will offer a New Zealand satellite-to-mobile next year, with a launch date ...

A decade ago the media sector, in effect, saw off digital piracy. Now piracy is on the way back. Last week the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published a report showing piracy declined slowly ...

The 2001 Telecommunications Act and its later amendments set the ground rules for industry regulation. Its goal is to promote competition between telcos so customers get the benefits of increased ...

Chorus posted a flat first half result for the 2025 financial year showing a net loss of $5 million. Operating revenue edged down 0.6 percent to $500 million while the company posted an even smaller ...

If everything goes to plan, by the time you read this Chorus will have turned off the power at 28 roadside cabinets serving the copper phone network. The cut off was scheduled to take place this week.

We’ve all heard about the digital divide — how disadvantaged New Zealanders don’t have the same access to broadband as their better-off neighbours. We also know about the rural-urban digital divide.