May 02 2008

Vodafone NZ to lock handsets to their network

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Vodafone have announced today that they will start locking the mobile phones they sell so that they can only be used on the Vodafone NZ network. You will be able to ring a special number to get an unlock code, but that will cost $50 for the privilege. Vodafone’s spin doctor, Paul Brislen, insults everyone’s […]

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May 23 2007

NZ charts to include legal download sales

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Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) announced today that the NZ music charts will include statistics from the various online music stores available in NZ. This includes iTunes Music Store, Digirama, Amplifier, and the Telecom and Vodafone mobile stores. I’d also like to see a separate chart for downloaded music as it would be […]

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May 16 2007

Foreigner’s view on internet access in NZ

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I was reading Jon Udell’s latest post this morning who is was in NZ on a speaking engagement as keynote speaker at the Govis conference. He praises the beautiful scenery here, especially the drive down the West Coast from Picton to Greymouth, then crossing Arthurs Pass to Christchurch, which Deb and I did a few […]

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Jun 27 2006

Telecom to split retail and wholesale business

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Breaking news just in… Telecom have just announced that they will be voluntarily separating their retail and wholesale businesses. Telecom will be following the lead of BT in the UK and Telstra in Australia although they will still operate both businesses under the same Telecom brand. Source: Computerworld

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