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An Auckland link will be added to the trans-Pacific submarine cable being built by Vocus and Google. Spark uses MBNZ technology to highlight fixed wireless performance. 2degrees appears to be winning mobile market share.

Chorus names new fibre areas, what the telco sector learned from Cyclone Gabrielle, PC slump continues

You can hear me talking about these topics on RNZ Nine-to-Noon with Kathryn Ryan. .

Download Weekly - December 23 2023 - 2degrees moves on to more extensive satellite to mobile testing, Tū Ātea buys Broadtech, Network for Learning’s year of cybersecurity.

Download Weekly - December 23 2023 - ComCom calls for greater price and coverage transparency in bid to boost competition. Spark to offer broadband failover service. Handset sales still weak.

Download Weekly newsletter December 8 2023: Commerce Commission opens fibre deregulation debate, 2023 Telecommunications Development Levy charges, Spark hits million connection milestone with smart meter IoT.

Spark turns to Starlink for back-up mobile backhaul and tests text by satellite. One NZ customer support draws on AWS AI

MyRepublic becomes Rocket Mobile, Customer services quality tests new lows, ComCom on customer service work. Rural broadband build nears end.

Today's Download Weekly newsletter focuses on an extensive interview with Telecommunications Commissioner Tristan Gilbertson and his team at the Commerce Commission.

Chorus capex plans rural expansion, resilience investment. Moving faster on copper withdrawal. Data traffic peaks.