A look at the 2013-2014 "Digital Dividend" 700 MHz spectrum auction from early predictions and warnings to Telecom NZ’s $83 ...

As 2025 closes, technology companies have become strategic assets in great power competition. From AI investment to satellite ...

Small telcos are uneasy about plans to deregulate mobile termination rates. Winners at the NZ Compare awards. NCSC gets in ...

Elon Musk paid $44 billion to take control of X-Twitter at the end of October 2022. It's been a ride ever since with story after story about the stupid, evil or inexplicable things that have happened.

A partnership between 2degrees and AST SpaceMobile offers a distinct take on mobile to satellite. Chorus wants government help fixing digital divide. Another data record breaks. Render of AST ...

Apple’s popular MacBook Air gets an M4 speed bump, more memory, a webcam upgrade and a pale blue paint job — all for NZ$50 less than last year’s model. The 2025 MacBook Air M4 has a familiar design ...

Kordia has pulled the plug on the joint venture it formed with Tait Communications to build the Next Generation Critical Communications network. The move leaves Christchurch-based Tait holding the ...

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 ...

Leo satellite broadband has been popular with New Zealanders in remote areas since it first arrived four years ago. A year ago Download Weekly reported: “New Zealand has the highest number of ...

If you think wireless latency is bad, wait until you try satellite. Patrick Smellie writes for BusinessDesk: The Pacific Islands, remote parts of rural New Zealand and poor but populous parts of ...

Spark’s profit dropped by a third after the company faced what chair Justine Smyth describes as “one of the most challenging periods in its history”. While the company’s reported net profit came in at ...

One New Zealand customers on prepaid plans can now use the company’s Satellite TXT service. Previously, Satellite TXT, which launched shortly before Christmas 2024, was only available to customers on ...