Fibre stories - Page 14

Pacific Fibre achieves first funding step
Wed, 13th Jul 2011
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Pacific Fibre secures first crucial deal worth $91m with REANNZ, advancing NZ's $400m international internet link project.

Humphrey to leave Pacific Fibre
Wed, 1st Jun 2011
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Pacific Fibre's founding member and CTO, John Humphrey, set to depart after sealing REANNZ deal, leaving a strengthened team behind.

UFB: We have a winner
Wed, 1st Jun 2011
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The long wait is over. We’ve finally had the announcement on who will build and manage the bulk of the Government’s Ultra-fast Broadband network.

Sam Morgan talks fibre to the door with Holmes
Mon, 30th May 2011
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Sam Morgan champions a pivotal second broadband cable to enhance NZ's connectivity and competition, reducing costs and data caps.

Govt enters negotiations with Vodafone/Telecom
Tue, 8th Feb 2011
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Comms Minister Steven Joyce wants contracts signed by the end of the quarter, otherwise they'll be re-tendered.

Mitel Partners Expand Virtualised UC
Fri, 4th Feb 2011
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Mitel expands its unified communications solutions in the Asia-Pacific, enhancing local support with VMware for seamless virtualisation.

UFB: Telecom focused on the remainder of NZ
Tue, 7th Dec 2010
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Telecom aims to cover the rest of New Zealand after missing out on two UFB regions. CEO Paul Reynolds stresses the importance of a Chorus split.

Government announces first UFB cities
Tue, 7th Dec 2010
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Hamilton, Tauranga, Whangarei, New Plymouth, and Wanganui have been named as the first cities for ultra-fast broadband rollout, the government announced today.

Enable focused on ChCh fibre expansion
Wed, 27th Oct 2010
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Enable Networks sees profit growth driven by surging fibre demand and plans to expand ultra-fast broadband coverage to 85% of Christchurch businesses next year.

Joyce: Public needs to see the benefits of UFB
Fri, 17th Sep 2010
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Communications Minister Steven Joyce tells Huawei technology summit that the benefits of UFB need to be publicised.

UFB initiative takes another step forward
Tue, 3rd Aug 2010
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Crown Fibre Holdings has received refined proposals for New Zealand's Ultra-Fast Broadband initiative, aiming to deliver fibre to 75% of Kiwis in 10 years.

Preparing for a fibre future
Sun, 1st Aug 2010
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Telecom NZ readies for the fibre era, poised to shape a digital future with over 25,000km of fibre, aligning with government's Ultra Fast Broadband plans.

More schools prepared for fast broadband
Wed, 30th Jun 2010
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The New Zealand government will invest NZD $37.5 million to upgrade 239 schools to ultra-fast broadband, aiming to connect 97% of schools within six years.

Connector Systems signs another
Wed, 23rd Jun 2010
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Connector Systems has inked a deal to distribute SmartOptics' wave division multiplexing solutions in New Zealand, expanding its product range in the market.

Why WiMAX?
Tue, 1st Jun 2010
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WiMAX has long been talked about, but will it take off in New Zealand or will it be a technology that showed promise but never got traction?.

Stop laying fibre cables NZ, says Exalt
Wed, 26th May 2010
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Exalt urges New Zealand to halt fibre cable installations, touting wireless solutions that offer lower latency and cost just 5% per mile compared to fibre.

Chorus halfway with 1800 cabinets
Mon, 3rd May 2010
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Chorus has reached halfway in its Fibre to the Node<br />programme and will switch on its 1800th cabinet today, the company has<br />announced.

Fibre favoured in $300m rural bb plan
Thu, 22nd Apr 2010
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The government favours fibre in the Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) with a USD $300 million investment to boost connectivity in rural schools.

Cabinet signs off rural telco plan - Updated
Tue, 16th Mar 2010
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Cabinet approves NZD $300 million rural broadband plan; Telecom warns of up to NZD $56 million annual EBITDA impact, shares dip to $2.17.

Fibre in the ground this year
Tue, 9th Feb 2010
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Prime Minister John Key is promising that physical work will<br />have begun on the Government’s Ultra Fast Broadband plan by the end of the<br />year.