Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in New Zealand, updated continuously by our newsroom.
New Zealand will be trying to win over other members this weekend when TPP ministers get together in Hanoi on the sidelines of an APEC meeting. New Zealand is increasingly optimistic that the 11 remaining countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will…
New Zealand wholesale operator Chorus has commenced the second phase of the Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) initiative, which will involve the rollout of the national fiber network to 169 new areas including 18 towns. The build has commenced in the coastal town of…
New Zealand’s mobile operators Spark, Vodafone New Zealand and 2degrees have submitted a joint proposal to improve rural broadband and mobile infrastructure under two government programs. The operators have applied to be selected for the Rural Broadband…
New Zealand infrastructure provided Chorus has extended its managed services agreement with Nokia for another three years. With the contract extension, Nokia will remain the operator’s sole managed services partner. The contract is based on Nokia providing…
New Zealand regulator the Commerce Commission has declined to approve the proposed merger between Vodafone New Zealand and SKY Network Television on competition grounds. The commission held that a merger between the companies would negatively impact…
CenturyLink has launched CenturyLink Big Data as a Service (BDaaS) with Managed Cloudera, a new managed service offering. The company said the new offering combines CenturyLink’s expertise in data and advanced analytics, network, cloud and application…
For its first outlet in Asia, Australian tea chain T2 Singapore has launched with a new brew that pays homage to local breakfast staple kaya toast. Its Singapore Breakfast tea is a blend of pu’er (Chinese fermented tea), green tea, coconut flakes and roasted…
New Zealand telecoms operator Chorus has appointed Kate McKenzie as its new CEO, replacing Mark Ratcliffe from February 2017. A highly regarded and experienced telco executive, McKenzie will oversee the rollout of Chorus’ Ultra-Fast Broadband and will focus…
New Zealand’s largest operator Spark has deployed the market’s first 200G per wavelength production fiber link using equipment from Nokia. The operator’s new 200Gbps network link connects its core network with the global gateway, and will co-exist with…
New Zealand operator Spark has been cautioned against advertising its high-speed fiber services as “gigabit” plans by competition regulator the Commerce Commission. The ISP launched its fastest fiber service yesterday, labeling it “Ultra Fast Fibre MAX”…
The death of Thailand’s long-serving monarch may be affecting the buying behaviours of Thai consumers but export group leader AVOCO says any shortfall of New Zealand fruit sold will be more than made up in AVOCO’s other markets. Thailand is in official…
New Zealand’s mobile operators have hammered a nail into the coffin of Samsung’s discontinued Galaxy Note7 smartphones, arranging to blacklist use of the device across all of their mobile networks. Industry body the New Zealand Telecommunications Forum (TCF)…
DBS Group said it plans to buy Australia and New Zealand Banking Group’s (ANZ) wealth and retail businesses in five Asian markets – part of a big private banking push for the Singapore lender and the first significant retreat from Asia for ANZ. The businesses…
The New Zealand government has allocated a further NZ$150 million ($107.1 million) towards improving broadband connectivity in rural areas. The government has announced the next phase of the rural broadband initiative (RBI), a project to boost broadband…
DHL Express has opened an expanded facility at Auckland Airport to cater to growing demand for trade in and out of New Zealand. According to DHL, the new NZ$15.3 million (US$11.2 million) Auckland Gateway measures approximately 5,000m2 and doubles the…
New Zealand fixed line operator Chorus has revealed plans to extend 1Gbps wholesale fiber services across its entire share of the Ultrafast Broadband (UFB) network from next month. The operator will make wholesale residential and SME broadband services…
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