"Having Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) available in Tauranga means greater opportunities for our residents, schools and businesses.”More

"Cantabrians are taking to UFB with gusto, with almost one-fifth of all orders in New Zealand in December coming from Christchurch alone."More

It might have recently turned 20 years old, but if you mention the name CityLink in Auckland, people immediately think ‘bus company’. More

Breakthrough prototype technology from Bell Labs will increase optical network capacities by more than tenfold, according to a recent report.More

Fibre is proving extremely popular amongst Kiwis, with the number of fibre connections doubling since 2014.More

Dark fibre provider Superloop has snapped up ISP ApexNetworks in an effort to rapidly deploy managed services capability for channel customers.More

The NBN has launched its commercial fibre to the node product, saying ‘most’ end-users on the trial got wholesale speeds of 100Mbps download.More

Chorus has made a further submission to the Commerce Commission ahead of the final determination on pricing of its copper network.More

“Other cities may cover a larger area in terms of hot spots, but Porirua achieves a first for speed and accessibility with this initiative."More

It’s time for the provisioning of 21st-century data services to enter, well, the 21st century. That’s starting to happen, for one in the APAC market.More

Chorus has called on the government to enact changes to the Resource Management Act to speed fibre rolloutMore

Slingshot and Consumer NZ have finalised an agreement to provide more affordable services to elderly UFB customers in Wellington.More

Spark has launched voice-over-fibre for landline calling, bypassing the need for OTT services, and has cut pricing for most of its fibre plans.More

Wanaka isn’t included in the Government’s ultrafast broadband project, but the town’s CBD is nonetheless now fibred.More

New Zealand manufacturer, Hope King, has begun production of its hi-tech fibre optics components and plans on making a play in the Chinese market.More

Kordia is targeting medium-enterprise (ME) businesses, diversifying its offerings to provide technology and service options at more affordable prices.More

New Zealand is officially number one among developed countries for growth of fibre connections, with an annual growth rate of 272%.More

CItyLink has upgraded its Auckland ethernet services, providing greater access to gigabit speeds, with a Wellington upgrade now underway.More

NBN Co is now facing the threat of being exposed to competition by a government ideologically committed to the free market and minimal regulation.More

When a CDN connects to a Peering Exchange, all the ISPs and other clients in the Peering Exchange can exchange traffic directly with the CDN, resulting in substantial savings on transit costs for both the Peering Exchange participants and the CDN.More

Chorus has signed new service company agreements for the cost of connections to its ultra-fast broadband network.More

Access to fibre internet was cut for some parts of the lower South Island after a farmer dug through a cable.More

Fixed line connections are up for Chorus, but the company admits its Boost HD is now 'on hold'.More

Rolleston, Burnside and Addington are leading Christchurch's charge to fibre broadband.More