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An Open Letter to the incoming Minister
Posted Mon 5 December 2011 @ 3:10 p.m. by Paul Brislen
Dear Minister.
Hi,
We may or may not have met so I’ll give you a bit of a background. TUANZ is the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand and we’ve been badgering your predecessors for 25 years now.
We were set up in 1986 by a bunch of business customers who were sick of going out to tender for... >> more
Categories: Broadband | Education | Fixed line carriers | Innovation | ISPs | Regulatory | Vendors | Wireless carriers
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Trick or treat
Posted Mon 31 October 2011 @ 10:42 a.m. by Paul Brislen
The numbers are out and the tech sector in New Zealand is worth $7bn a year.
The meat industry, by contrast, is worth about $5bn a year and the dairy industry is closer to $11bn.
Hi tech is here, it's here to stay, it's sustainable and it needs our focus.
Those top ten companies are leading the fight in terms of ICT and range... >> more
Categories: Broadband | Fixed line carriers | Innovation | ISPs | TUANZ policy | Vendors | Wireless carriers
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Labour's ICT strategy
Posted Mon 17 October 2011 @ 3:39 p.m. by Paul Brislen
Labour's newly announced digital strategy is well worth a read. If it sounds familiar, a lot of it is in the same vein as the TUANZ manifesto released just before the last election and so is warmly welcomed.
There are three key components for my money: a fresh look at the UFB/RBI roll outs; a close look at the Digital Divide... >> more
Categories: Broadband | Education | Fixed line carriers | Innovation | ISPs | Regulatory | Vendors | Wireless carriers