Cuba Says U.S. Internet Ruling Meant to Aid ‘Subversion’
New Zealand Herald
Cuba says a US ruling that makes it easier for companies to provide internet communications services on the island is meant to destabilise the country, not loosen Washington’s 48-year economic embargo.
Topics: Cuba, Internet, New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, telecom, Washington
Vodafone Says “No Network Outage”
New Zealand Herald
Vodafone mobile users have reported trouble connecting in Wellington yesterday and Taupo today. Vodafone spokesman Paul Brislen said there had been no network outage, just a lot of pressure on the network from growing data usage.
Topics: Internet, New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, outage, telecom, USA, Vodafone, Wellington
New Zealand’s Internet Filter Goes Live
Stuff.co.nz
The Department of Internal Affairs’ (DIA) internet filter is now operational and is being used by internet providers (ISPs) Maxnet and Watchdog. Thomas Beagle, spokesperson for online freedom lobby Tech Liberty, says the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) refuses to say which other ISPs will be joining the filter, claiming the right to negotiate in [...]
Government’s Child Porn Filtering System Two Months Away
National Business Review – New Zealand
Tech Liberty spokesperson Thomas Beagle said the software would not catch people downloading illegal content and would also not remove illegal content from its location on the internet.
Topics: government, Internet, New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, software, telecom
Telefonica Wants Google To Pay Up
New Zealand Herald
Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use. In comments from a press conference in the northern city of Bilbao, President Cesar Alierta said companies like Google use a lot of network bandwidth for free, something which was good for them but [...]
ITU Making Plans For Haiti
Scoop NZ – New Zealand
Three weeks after the earthquake in Haiti, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations’ oldest agency, is still trying to re-establish reliable telephone and internet connections in the country, but also has long-term plans to help build state-of-the-art telecommunication networks there.
Topics: Haiti, Internet, New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, telecom, [...]
Sticker Shock at “Stupidly Expensive” Data Roaming Fees
New Zealand Herald
Vodafone spokesman Paul Brislen acknowledged roaming fees for data use were “stupidly expensive” and said providers around the world were working together to lower them.
Topics: Internet, New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, smartphone, telecom
XT Outage Drags On Through Friday For Some
New Zealand Herald
Tens of thousands of mobile customers south of Taupo have lost their connections for varying lengths of time over the past two days, after the network crashed about 11am Wednesday.
Topics: Internet, New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, outage, telecom, XT network
Fibre Cut Leaves Northland In the Dark
New Zealand Herald
A roading contractor dug up a fibre optic cable and cut phone, internet and mobile connections between Mata and Waipu in Northland yesterday. The line was broken at 10.45am and Telecom contractor Chorus managed to restore the line by 7.30pm.
Topics: Chorus, fiber cut, fibre, fibre cut, fibre optic, Internet, New Zealand, New [...]
TelstraClear poised for push into Auckland
New Zealand Herald
TelstraClear’s head of consumer – the division responsible for providing telco services to residential users – admits the Australian-owned phone company has struggled to make an impact in the Auckland market.
Topics: Auckland, Australia, Internet, New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, phone company, telecom, Telstra, TelstraClear
Skype to Offer HD Video Calling on Some TVs
New Zealand Herald
Skype says its voice and video calling technology will be embedded in upcoming high-definition televisions with internet capabilities.
Topics: embedded, Internet, New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, San Francisco, Skype, telecom
Kiwis ‘Hooked on Mobiles’
New Zealand Herald
It is more than 10 years since New Zealanders had their first taste of texting on mobile phones. Since then we’ve become a nation hooked on mobiles.
Topics: Internet, New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, telecom
Telecom New Zealand Broadband Bungle
New Zealand Herald
Telecom has reimbursed 150,000 customers whose broadband speed was slashed, as network upgrades for the much-vaunted new TiVo digital recorder service caused widespread technical problems.
Topics: broadband, Internet, New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, telecom, TiVo, USA
Telecom NZ Will Compensate Customers for XT Outage
New Zealand Herald
Customers affected by yesterday’s Telecom’s XT network failure will be compensated for the hassle caused by the outage, Telecom announced today. Yesterday, from about 5am, customers from Taupo and further south could not make or receive calls, text messages or access mobile broadband internet on on Telecom’s six-month-old XT network.
Topics: Internet, New [...]
Telecom NZ Fined $500,000 Over Broadband Ads
New Zealand Herald
The Commerce Commission is warning business that their products must live up to their marketing hype after Telecom New Zealand Ltd was fined $500,000 in the Auckland District Court after pleading guilty to 17 charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act.
Topics: Auckland, broadband, Commerce Commission, Internet, New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, telecom, [...]
