But he said the company would be driven by “the customer experience” in deciding what broadband technologies to promote to whom. 2degrees spent about $1b on its existing 3G and 4G Huawei network, but Aue would not say how much the conversion would cost. Chief technology officer Martin Sharrock said its new Ericsson equipment would let 2degrees dynamically switch capacity between 3G, 4G and 5G, also doubling 2degrees’ 4G capacity “as we go along”.
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2degrees chief executive Mark Aue believes waiting to invest in 5G has given it an opportunity to leapfrog its rivals. Aue said the company would get an advantage from having waited to join Spark and Vodafone in the 5G market.
including a clarified definition of a “terrorist act” – in response to the Christchurch terror attack.
It’s the Government’s first step in implementing recommendation 18 of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the attacks on March 15, 2019, which called for a review of all legislation related to counter-terrorism in New Zealand.
Justice Minister Kris Faafoi promised the changes in December after the release of the recommendations. He acknowledged the need to “move our legislation to a wider range of terrorist activities and potential terrorist threats”.
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SIS director-general Rebecca Kitteridge said government departments had been warned to watch out for infiltration from the far-right.
Analysis: The impact of Covid-19 in accelerating radicalisation and fuelling conspiracy theories could be felt for years to come, spy agencies say. Intelligence agencies say there is a realistic possibility the Covid-19 pandemic will accelerate online radicalisation over the next year and have a detrimental effect on the broader threat environment in the medium- to long-term . The greater prominence of conspiracy theories and extremist sentiment stirred up by the pandemic, as well as more time to spend online during lockdowns, has created greater opportunities for New Zealanders to be exposed to conspiracy theories, extremist content and disinformation on the internet, the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) found in its annual report. This, in turn, could accelerate radicalisation and exacerbate or fuel Covid-19 pandem
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