TechDay Canada - Canada's technology news network

Global Stories

Govt enters negotiations with Vodafone/Telecom
Unified Communications

Govt enters negotiations with Vodafone/Telecom

Comms Minister Steven Joyce wants contracts signed by the end of the quarter, otherwise they'll be re-tendered.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 8th Feb 2011
Mitel Partners Expand Virtualised UC
Unified Communications

Mitel Partners Expand Virtualised UC

Mitel expands its unified communications solutions in the Asia-Pacific, enhancing local support with VMware for seamless virtualisation.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 4th Feb 2011
Preparing for a fibre future
Unified Communications

Preparing for a fibre future

Telecom NZ readies for the fibre era, poised to shape a digital future with over 25,000km of fibre, aligning with government's Ultra Fast Broadband plans.

By Staff Writer • 7 min read • Sun, 1st Aug 2010
Chorus halfway with 1800 cabinets
Unified Communications

Chorus halfway with 1800 cabinets

Chorus has reached halfway in its Fibre to the Node<br />programme and will switch on its 1800th cabinet today, the company has<br />announced.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Mon, 3rd May 2010
School broadband hard work to deliver
EduTech

School broadband hard work to deliver

Education consultant Charles Newton warns the Government that delivering fibre broadband to rural schools is just step one in a complex digital puzzle.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 16th Nov 2009

Stories from Other Regions

Government announces first UFB cities
Fibre

Government announces first UFB cities

Hamilton, Tauranga, Whangarei, New Plymouth, and Wanganui have been named as the first cities for ultra-fast broadband rollout, the government announced today.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 7th Dec 2010
Enable focused on ChCh fibre expansion
Unified Communications

Enable focused on ChCh fibre expansion

Enable Networks sees profit growth driven by surging fibre demand and plans to expand ultra-fast broadband coverage to 85% of Christchurch businesses next year.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Wed, 27th Oct 2010
Joyce: Public needs to see the benefits of UFB
Unified Communications

Joyce: Public needs to see the benefits of UFB

Communications Minister Steven Joyce tells Huawei technology summit that the benefits of UFB need to be publicised.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Fri, 17th Sep 2010
UFB initiative takes another step forward
Unified Communications

UFB initiative takes another step forward

Crown Fibre Holdings has received refined proposals for New Zealand's Ultra-Fast Broadband initiative, aiming to deliver fibre to 75% of Kiwis in 10 years.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Tue, 3rd Aug 2010
More schools prepared for fast broadband
EduTech

More schools prepared for fast broadband

The New Zealand government will invest NZD $37.5 million to upgrade 239 schools to ultra-fast broadband, aiming to connect 97% of schools within six years.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 30th Jun 2010
Connector Systems signs another
Cloud Services

Connector Systems signs another

Connector Systems has inked a deal to distribute SmartOptics' wave division multiplexing solutions in New Zealand, expanding its product range in the market.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Wed, 23rd Jun 2010
Why WiMAX?
Unified Communications

Why WiMAX?

WiMAX has long been talked about, but will it take off in New Zealand or will it be a technology that showed promise but never got traction?.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Tue, 1st Jun 2010
Stop laying fibre cables NZ, says Exalt
Fibre

Stop laying fibre cables NZ, says Exalt

Exalt urges New Zealand to halt fibre cable installations, touting wireless solutions that offer lower latency and cost just 5% per mile compared to fibre.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Wed, 26th May 2010
Fibre favoured in $300m rural bb plan
Unified Communications

Fibre favoured in $300m rural bb plan

The government favours fibre in the Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) with a USD $300 million investment to boost connectivity in rural schools.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 22nd Apr 2010
Cabinet signs off rural telco plan - Updated
Government

Cabinet signs off rural telco plan - Updated

Cabinet approves NZD $300 million rural broadband plan; Telecom warns of up to NZD $56 million annual EBITDA impact, shares dip to $2.17.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 16th Mar 2010
Fibre in the ground this year
Unified Communications

Fibre in the ground this year

Prime Minister John Key is promising that physical work will<br />have begun on the Government's Ultra Fast Broadband plan by the end of the<br />year.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2010
Demysifying ICT
Unified Communications

Demysifying ICT

NZICT Group CEO Brett O'Riley stresses that bridging New Zealand's ICT skills gap involves both training and making the public aware of its importance.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Tue, 1st Dec 2009
Rural NZ in danger of becoming a digital ghetto
Unified Communications

Rural NZ in danger of becoming a digital ghetto

Federated Farmers warn government of 'digital ghetto' risk in rural areas if broadband funding isn't increased.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Nov 2009