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 ...

Starlink passed the 4 million customer milestone at the end of September. SpaceX’s low earth orbit satellite broadband network added a million customers or 33 percent in around 4 months. In December ...

SpaceX has achieved much since it launched its Starlink low earth orbit satellite broadband service in 2020. Commercial service started in February 2021. At the last count, Starlink said it has 1.5 ...

Communications Minister Kris Faafoi says the government will offer spare 3.5GHz spectrum to mobile networks and Māori by the middle of next year. He should put some aside for the Wisps or wireless ...

A conversation between two 2degrees employees in the Hunua Range near Auckland was the first call made by a telco using a low earth orbit satellite and standard phone handsets. The call was over Lynk ...

The Commerce Commission is concerned the Telecommunications Disputes Resolution Scheme is still not fully independent of industry funding and control. In his foreword to a report on the 2024 review of ...

Render of AST SpaceMobile's tennis court-sized test satellite in low earth orbit. 2degrees and AST SpaceMobile say they will offer a New Zealand satellite-to-mobile next year, with a launch date ...

The Commerce Commission kicks off a review of fibre broadband regulations to keep pace with market changes, including growing competition from wireless and satellite. Meanwhile, mobile termination ...

Ookla’s regular Speedtest Global Index shows New Zealand fixed line broadband speeds are now falling relative to speeds in other nations. The index for December 2024 shows New Zealand ranked 29 in the ...

Vodafone will become One New Zealand early in 2023. The change comes with a new green hoop logo to replace the red inverted comma. It means the end of the Vodafone brand in New Zealand after a 25 year ...

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 ...