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

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Learn why many writers find the iPad is better than a laptop and find out how to get started using it as your creative, digital typewriter. Apple didn't design the original iPad for writing. It was a ...

One New Zealand has a three-year deal with Australia’s Fastter, a business packaging MVNOs for brands looking for quick entry into the mobile market. To customers, MVNOs or Mobile Virtual Network ...

Commerce Commission investigation into copper networks could see deregulation in rural areas. Phone market improves, Samsung is the winner. Sky adds BBC channel. Australia's Elon Musk problem.

Telecommunications Commissioner, Tristan Gilbertson says the industry responded positively to the recently updated Broadband Marketing Guidelines. The guidelines have been refreshed to address ...

The Commerce Commission says New Zealand’s widespread adoption of low earth orbit satellites in country areas has reset rural broadband competition. Much of the focus of the ComCom’s 2024 ...

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 ...

The Commerce Commission has issued a draft recommendation to remove the access regulations governing Chorus’ copper network in areas beyond the reach of the UFB fibre network. For years copper enjoyed ...

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 ...

Maybe: Has enough processor power and Ram for Chromebook tasks but won’t please everyone. Verdict: The best low-cost option at the moment. Buy it you need a decent computer and you are on a tight ...

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 ...