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Slingshot offers to buy the ihug name off Vodafone
Posted Fri 31 August 2007 @ 9:44 a.m. by Sarah Putt
How much is the ihug brand worth? Surprisingly, this is a question being asked by Slingshot GM Mark Callandar who told me yesterday that he would happily buy the ihug name off Vodafone.
“We’ll buy the brand off them if they don’t want it. ihug were the original pioneers of internet in New Zealand and clearly Vodafone don’t... >> more
Categories: Fixed line carriers | ISPs
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Is the contact centre going the way of the IBM RAMAC 305?
Posted Thu 30 August 2007 @ 4:35 p.m. by Sarah Putt
This photograph of an IBM RAMAC 305 portable disk drive was taken around 50 years ago. It contained 5 MB of memory - roughly the same as an iPod today. TUANZ After 5s speaker Pat Shafer used the photo in her presentation to illustrate that although technology is rapidly changing, the way a business connects with... >> more
Categories: Events | Innovation | Vendors
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Shipping lanes for ICT entrepreneurs
Posted Wed 29 August 2007 @ 8:06 p.m. by Sarah Putt
Peter Jackson and Ian Taylor are high visibility trail blazers that get front page coverage* whatever they do. And good on them. But their achievements can make it appear as if there is credible international broadband infrastructure, when the reality for less well known ICT entrepreneurs is somewhat different.
Ernie and I... >> more
Categories: Fixed line carriers | Innovation