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Alcatel-Lucent and its brink of disaster moment

Thu, 13th Nov 2014
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A fascinating look at the last 18 months of restructuring at Alcatel Lucent. Can the beast survive in a changing telecommunications industry ?.
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Will the virtual sim break the telco strangle hold?

Tue, 28th Oct 2014
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Soft sims will allow users to switch from one network to another, just like switching out your sim card, instead it's all done with software.
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Siri who? Meet Watson - IBM's cognitive computing system

Tue, 28th Oct 2014
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IBM's Watson, outdoing Siri with its ability to learn and converse in natural language, revolutionises computing at the Westcon event.
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Pentech: Bringing a personalised approach to your business

Mon, 27th Oct 2014
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Pentech shines in personalised business solutions, offering tailored services to medium and large enterprises, outdoing larger telcos.
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Change or die: How the cloud is locking out channel partners

Fri, 24th Oct 2014
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Westcon is wrapping up a number of services and software solutions into product codes that can be sold by channel partners in the IT industry.
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Commerce Commission Chorus investigation on hold

Fri, 17th Oct 2014
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Commerce Commission halts investigation into Chorus' proposed UBA service changes after the telecom company paused its controversial plans.
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Sparks continue to fly over Orcon throttling campaign

Wed, 15th Oct 2014
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Orcon rebukes Spark's denial of broadband throttling, highlighting differences in traffic management amidst a fiery debate.
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Spark hits back against 'bogus' Orcon throttling claims

Tue, 14th Oct 2014
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Spark has hit back at claims made by Orcon over traffic throttling, claiming it's nothing more than a PR stunt.
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Orcon shines bright light on throttling

Tue, 14th Oct 2014
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Orcon says an estimated 81 percent of Kiwi internet users could be having their internet artificially slowed down.
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Cloud change coming to business telephony

Tue, 14th Oct 2014
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Enterprises are shifting from traditional telephony to cloud-based solutions, sparking interest in the New Zealand market.
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Facebook to take on Telco's with VoIP service

Wed, 8th Oct 2014
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Facebook introduces VoIP, escalating competition with telcos by leveraging WhatsApp's vast user base for its new communications service.
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REVEALED: Dirty deal between NZ telcos and the GCSB...

Thu, 18th Sep 2014
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We explain the legislative act that governs relations between the New Zealand telecommunications industry and surveillance agencies.
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New ISP scrapes the bottom of the broadband barrel

Thu, 11th Sep 2014
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No limits, no contracts, just broadband. That's the slogan of New Zealand's latest contender into the ISP market...
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Kiwi telcos warned... Adapt or risk becoming irrelevant

Fri, 5th Sep 2014
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New Zealand telco industry faces declining revenue as traditional strategy proves unsustainable, IDC report finds.
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Lync-ing up... Expert views on Microsoft's unified comms contender

Thu, 4th Sep 2014
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Microsoft's unified communications offering, Lync, is gaining traction but struggling with competition from other vendors.
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Acronis buys back up firm to bolster cloud offering

Thu, 4th Sep 2014
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Acronis acquires BackupAgent to enhance its cloud backup services, promising advanced data protection for service providers.
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National 'finally wakes up' to rural broadband issues

Wed, 27th Aug 2014
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New Zealand's new $150m rural broadband fund must be truly contestable and not a slush fund for large telcos, warns Labour ICT spokesperson Clare Curran.
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Pentech asks... are your suppliers still passionate about your business?

Thu, 21st Aug 2014
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Pentech challenges: Is there still passion in your supplier relationships? Explore commitment and bespoke IP solutions with them.
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Why connectivity is no longer enough for growth seeking telcos…

Tue, 19th Aug 2014
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Australia's mobile services market experienced plateauing revenue and subscribers in 2013, according to a new IDC report.
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Spark Digital CEO 'fired up' about digital future...

Fri, 8th Aug 2014
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Spark Digital CEO Tim Miles is fired up about Gen-i's rebrand. He talks to Heather Wright about the genesis of Spark and leadership.