Data in the Commerce Commission's 2025 Telecommunications Monitoring Report shows customer satisfaction sliding even as fibre ...

The Commerce Commission orders immediate improvements to telco debt practices and a revised disconnection code by end of 2026. Also: NZ domains hit a record high, a new cable surveillance system ...

New Zealand’s ultrafast broadband arrived just in time for the worldwide streaming video revolution. The government-supported UFB network build started in late 2011, Netflix officially opened for ...

Last week SpaceX launched what it hopes will be the largest stock market listing in history. The company aims to raise US$75 billion to fund its ambitious rocket and space travel development programme ...

New Zealand's fibre regulation regime is less than two years old, yet this week the Commerce Commission began looking at deregulating fibre. It will address the questions of information disclosure and ...

Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) buy wholesale services from mobile networks and sell them to customers. They can do this without needing to own or invest in network infrastructure. Often run ...

Internet exchange points (IXPs) are where networks connect and exchange data. They allow internet service providers, content companies and other network operators to pass traffic directly between each ...

Spark and One NZ both use SpaceX’s Starlink Direct-to-Cell constellation. At the infrastructure level they are running identical technology. 2degrees is on an entirely different path. One NZ had the ...

Telecommunications commissioner Tristan Gilbertson says the Commerce Commission’s focus in 2026 is reviewing fibre regulation, improving retail service quality and considering the deregulation of ...

Chorus has returned to profit, posting a net gain of $15 million for the six months ended December 2025. That compares with a loss of $5 million a year earlier. The New Zealand fibre network operator ...

Spark New Zealand’s first-half result for the 2026 financial year show the cost restructure programme is repairing margins at the price of top-line growth. The telco reported an interim profit rise of ...

Fibre passes around 87 percent of New Zealand households, most of them in urban areas. The remaining 13 percent are rural, but this is an arbitrary distinction. This group includes everything from ...