6+ hour, 42+ min ago   (308+ words) The number that makes this concrete for business is latency. Datagrid chief executive Rémi Galasso says the cable will improve latency by up to 45 percent compared with existing routes via the North Island, calling it a “game changer” that would…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (656+ words) New Zealand spent $5.5 billion on its Ultra-Fast Broadband programme, rolling fibre past 87% of premises across 412 towns and cities by December 2022. Uptake has hit 76% of premises passed. Household data consumption has grown 13-fold since 2010, to roughly 650GB per month. By any conventional…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (627+ words) A Wellington web designer has slammed the city council’s decision to spend $600,000 on a new library website being developed by an Auckland-based company, describing the move as “insulting.” Documents released under the Official Information Act show Wellington City Council spent…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (433+ words) New Zealand’s cell tower rollout operates under a legislative framework that was deliberately designed to prioritise deployment over community input. The Telecommunications Act 2001 established the rules for network access and infrastructure deployment at a time when 3G was barely emerging. It…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (268+ words) It is a compelling story. It is also one that deserves far more scrutiny than it is getting. New Zealand has not yet secured a major hyperscaler anchor commitment. Positioning for one is reasonable. Sizing infrastructure around one that has…...