Internet Access stories

Kacific launches emergency connectivity offering, CommsBox
Thu, 5th May 2022
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Kacific has announced the release of a new emergency connectivity offering designed to rapidly provide broadband service in emergency or disaster zones.

Kacific launches service to combat enterprise power outages
Tue, 12th Apr 2022
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Kacific Broadband Satellites Group has launched Enterprise Backup, a new service intended to protect organisations against frequent power outages.

Asia home to half of the world's internet users
Wed, 1st Apr 2020
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Asia has 2.3 billion internet users, which equated to 50.3% of the world’s internet user population.

Heficed offers infrastructure support frontline R&D on COVID-19
Tue, 31st Mar 2020
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Heficed is offering its cloud hosting, data storage and processing, and internet connections free of charge to organizations committed to fighting the virus.

High-speed fibre now makes up half of fixed Internet in nine OECD countries
Thu, 5th Mar 2020
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Overall, fibre broadband connections have increased 3% from 24% to 27% in the space of one year, indicating that it is still a slow process for many countries.

Revealed: The countries with the worst internet freedom
Thu, 27th Feb 2020
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The findings are in and the countries with the worst record for internet censorship have been revealed.

Bluebird Network completes fiber expansion in Jefferson City
Wed, 26th Feb 2020
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luebird Network chose to build the 26-mile-long fiber network completely underground to protect it from natural disasters.

Hawaiki Cable extends connectivity deal with REANNZ
Mon, 24th Feb 2020
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The new deal will enable REANNZ to boost connectivity and gain additional capacity on the Hawaiki network, as well as diverse trans-Tasman and trans-Pacific subsea routes.

Grandstream adds two new Wi-Fi access points to GWN range
Thu, 13th Feb 2020
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Grandstream’s family of GWN Wi-Fi access points (APs) is now joined by two new additions: a long-range outdoor AP, and a new Wi-Fi AP with integrated internet switch.

Don't just blame the kids: Parents spend too much time online as well
Tue, 10th Dec 2019
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A global study of parents by Kaspersky found that 52% trust their children to know when enough online time is enough, but 70% admit they also spend too much time online.

InternetNZ begins quest to replace .nz registry
Fri, 25th Oct 2019
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This is an important project that will improve New Zealand’s domain name system - reinforcing its reliability and security.

Chorus CEO to resign after successful company transformation
Mon, 26th Aug 2019
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Chorus has announced today that CEO and managing director Kate McKenzie will pack her bags and head to Australia at end of 2019, after three years in a CEO role.

Vertel partners with Virtutel to resell NBN Enterprise Ethernet
Wed, 3rd Jul 2019
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"Virtutel’s NBN Enterprise Ethernet complements Vertel’s existing capability of providing connectivity to regional and remote areas of Australia."

Nova Energy & Plume launch family-friendly WiFi controls
Fri, 10th May 2019
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Nova Energy and smart home internet platform Plume have teamed up to offer New Zealanders a new range of family-friendly internet services and parental controls.

The online content that gives Kiwis concern
Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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InternetNZ has released a report that shows the things we are worried about, and where we might be going wrong.

Why many Kiwis are still sceptical about the digital age
Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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"94% of people are concerned about the security of personal data but many are not taking appropriate steps to protect themselves online."

InternetNZ welcomes Govt's 99.8% broadband coverage plan
Tue, 18th Dec 2018
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The additional coverage will roll out over the next four years as part of the Rural Broadband Initiative phase two/Mobile Black Spots Fund (RBI2/MBSF) programme expansion.

NBN Co rolls out 'optimised' wholesale business bundles for ISPs
Mon, 10th Dec 2018
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“We recognise some businesses are on nbn powered plans that have not been optimised for their needs," says Paul Tyler.

ComCom seeks 3000 volunteers for broadband performance testing
Wed, 30th May 2018
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The Commerce Commission wants to rally 3000 volunteers to help make New Zealand’s broadband better for everyone.

NBN launches new simulation-based training facilities for telecommunications employees
Fri, 23rd Mar 2018
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The facilities will provide training and assessments for more than 2,000 in-field telecommunications workers.

Oz’s internet needs a helping hand, a new study shows
Tue, 27th Feb 2018
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Australia is ranked 23rd of 30 high-income countries, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s The Inclusive Internet Index.

REVEALED: The top data centre hotspots for business in UK
Thu, 15th Feb 2018
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Bidwells has released a report that delves into the UK data centre market, the hot locations and whether data centres should go rural or city.

IBM Security collaborates to launch anti-DNS tracking service
Tue, 28th Nov 2017
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Quad9 Domain Name Service protects users from accessing malicious internet sites that are known to steal information and other harmful activities.

Open Access brings in 5 years of expanding Africa’s Internet ecosystem
Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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“Over the past five years, Open Access has invested in creating an Internet ecosystem and we are excited to offer attendees access to all levels."