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Articles tagged with: Commerce Commission and Nz Communications
Landline Competition Improving Says NZ Regulator - Mobile Unaffected
New Zealand's Commerce Commission has released its 2008 telecommunications monitoring report which notes that while there has been increased competition within the country's landline market, the mobile market has been largely unaffected. more
Related Tags: , 3g, vodafone, landline, benchmarking, oecd, New Zealand
New Zealand Regulator Wants Lower Mobile Termination Rates
New Zealand's Commerce Commission has sent letters to the country's three mobile phone networks warning that it wants a reduction in their mobile termination rates. The three networks had sent submissions to the Commission to lower their rates voluntarily, but the Commission has replied saying that the cuts don't go far enough. more
Related Tags: sms, vodafone, tim, ovi, termination-rates, 3, mobile-termination-rates, New Zealand
Vodafone Signs Tower Sharing Deal with NZ Communications
New Zealand's 3rd mobile operator, NZ Communications says that it has inked a deal with Vodafone to rent space on up to 116 of the rival operator's towers. The company has delayed its launch several times citing problems with securing locations for its base stations, so the move should help accelerate its network rollout. more
Related Tags: base-station, roaming, 3g-license, vodafone, base-stations, national-roaming, New Zealand
Further Delays for New Zealand's 3rd Mobile Network
New Zealand's third mobile operator, NZ Communications has again delayed its network launch - this time until late next year. The operator's most recent plan was to launch its network this coming October, but a report in the Business Day newspaper said that the company has only built 50 of the required 400 base stations it needs to launch services. more
Related Tags: roaming, huawei, 3g-license, national-roaming, New Zealand
New Zealand Operator Signs Huawei Contract
The New Zealand arm of Econet Wireless, recently renamed as NZ Communications says that it has signed a contract with Huawei to build a nationwide cellular network. The company, which was granted a license over six years ago says that it will now take about 18 months to build its infrastructure. Huawei had signed a contract back in 2005 to build a core radio network in Auckland, although it is not known if any work was carried out. more
Related Tags: telecom-new-zealand, national-roaming