Telecom CEO, Paul Reynolds, is claiming that New Zealand's current broadband build-out is “one of the most ambitious broadband programmes in the world”.
According Computerworld.co.nz, Reynolds is making the claims in an interview with Television Hawke's Bay that airs tonight.
In the interview, Reynolds reportedly says New Zealand has overtaken the UK in broadband and that services here are now the sixth cheapest in the world.
He also claims that Telecom's own broadband services have improved by 50% in the last three months, while adding the company is using the best technology in the world for its 3G mobile network build, due for completion by the middle of next year and covering 97% of the population.
The fibre rollout through cabinetisation is similarly ambitious, he says, reaching 85% of the population.
The interview screens tonight at 7.30 on TVHB's Chatroom programme and will be available online after the broadcast. Read the Computerworld story here.