Telecommunications Review News
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Facebook launches ‘pages manager’ for iPhone
New app helps businesses and organisations with heavy traffic or multiple pages keep on top of their presence on the social network. |
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Why Telecom's 4G hype is likely to backfire
Heavily promoting LTE, a mobile broadband service it hasn’t launched yet, is dumb marketing. |
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Sky TV under Commerce Commission investigation
Investigation into joint venture with TVNZ throws up concerns about contracts with ISPs. |
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Slingshot up, Orcon down in ISP speed tests
Telecom, Vodafone and TelstraClear all maintaining solid performance. |
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Seeby is back with purchase of Net24
Acquisition signals a serious expansion strategy for Orcon founder Seeby Woodhouse, following 18 months quietly re-growing the Voyager brand. |
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LTE iPad rebranded as 'cellular'
Apple fixes sales pitch to reflect new iPad's incompatibility with some international networks. |
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Vodafone 'Data Angel' helps combat bill shock
Free service warns users as they approach their data limits, but only while they’re in New Zealand. |
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Maxnet pulls Fyx 'global mode'
Open internet service withdrawn for 'further consideration'. |
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Telecom to trial LTE this year
Tests will go ahead despite uncertainty surrounding fate of 700mhz spectrum. |
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The TechDay Weekender
Innovative thinking from Maxnet and 2degrees; Facebook and Yahoo CEOs behaving badly; and Angry Birds makers Rovio hint at a new project after their addictive mobile game tops 1 billion downloads. |
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Alcatel-Lucent bringing broadband to Tonga
Undersea cable will connect Pacific nation to Southern Cross cable via neighbouring Fiji. |
