Kordia forges ahead with trans-Tasman cable plans

State-owned communications provider Kordia is pushing ahead with plans to establish another trans-Tasman telecommunicatons cable, with the aim of bringing down costs for users. Kordia CEO Geoff Hunt explains on the TVNZ website.

NZI Business July 3: Kordia forges ahead with trans-Tasman cable plans (3:08)

Source: ONE News

Telecom share price tells sorry story for competitors

“If you had any doubt as to whether the Comcom decision was good for Telecom, and bad for its competitors, just check out what the market reckons.”

This from Orcon CEO Scott Bartlett.

Telecom’s share price overnight rose 3.9 per cent to NZ$2.69 following the Commerce Commission’s broadband determination yesterday.

“What does that tell you?” Bartlett asks.

Orcon: Comcom broadband decision fails consumers

New Zealand broadband consumers have been let down by the Commerce Commission determination announced today, according to Orcon CEO Scott Bartlett.

The commission has failed to protect the interests of consumers, instead opting for a pricing structure that inevitably will lead to market domination by one player.

Orcon’s O Zone offers free data downloads

Orcon@home and Orcon@work broadband customers can now make their data allowances go further with the telco offering free data downloads from a selected range of popular New Zealand websites*.

From today, the Auckland-based telecoms company is offering zero-rated traffic from seven popular websites and the company’s own email servers. It plans to grow the list of sites in the future.

Kordia is not surprised at today’s update from REANNZ

Auckland, New Zealand:  Kordia is not surprised at today’s update from REANNZ on the RFI process around the trans-Tasman cable initiative.

Kordia’s General Manager - Strategic Development, Susie Stone, says that Kordia has always advised REANNZ that the Kordia submarine cable would not be ready for service until 2011.

“We fully understand REANNZ’s need to secure connectivity for the KAREN network when its current commercial arrangements expire in September,” says Stone.

Kordia appoints new General Manager, Sales and Marketing

Drew Gilpin has been appointed to the newly-created role of General Manager - Sales and Marketing for Kordia.

Drew comes to the role from Integral Technology Group, which bought out his own company, APL Plus, in August of last year.  Working with a business partner, Drew rejuvenated the faltering APL Plus after taking it over in 2004.

Kordia kicks off antenna system installation for digital radio rollout in Australia

Kordia has commenced the installation of a state-of-the-art antenna system for the much anticipated Commercial Radio Australia rollout of DAB+ digital radio.

Kordia was selected by TX Australia Pty Limited (TXA), the transmission provider appointed by Commercial Radio Australia (CRA), to install the digital radio antenna system in the five state mainland capitals in preparation for the May 2009 switch on. 

Pit-stop comms get boost for derby day

Getting your communications right in any pit-stop can be a major headache during the adrenalin-rush of race day.

So, with sponsorship from the very latest in two-way communications equipment, Pt. England School is taking a big advantage in to the upcoming eastern suburbs soap box derby.

Orcon delivers next-generation broadband to Wellington

Orcon is launching its next-generation, high-speed network in the capital, giving Wellingtonians a taste of award-winning communications.

From today, households and businesses connected to the Wellington Central and Courtney Place exchanges can sign up for Orcon’s local loop unbundled (LLU) telephone and ADSL2+ broadband network.

International standard mobile comms now in New Zealand

New Zealand mobile workforce managers now have access to the very latest in team communications with the launch by Kordia of its new KorKor™ digital two-way radio network – a system that is rapidly replacing the old analogue radio telephones (RTs) overseas.