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Report: AlcaLu to compensate Telecom New Zealand over poor 3G performance

Reports from New Zealand indicate that Alcatel-Lucent will compensate Telecom New Zealand some $73 million over the poor performance of its XT 3G network that it built and operates on behalf of the

Telecom New Zealand's 3G network on the fritz

Telecom New Zealand's new 3G network has been plagued with major outages during the past month, prompting the operator's CEO Paul Reynolds to put its 3G vendor Alcatel Lucent on notice, according to

Telstra says breakup will come at a steep price

Telstra has issued a staunch message to the Australian government's call to break up the incumbent telco: 'if you're going to make us split up, it's going to cost us $1.09 billion.' One option that

New Zealand proposes ambitious broadband plan

Australia and Singapore aren't the only countries with ambitious government-backed broadband plans. Now, New Zealand has unveiled its own broadband initiative. Under New Zealand's plan, the country's

Telecom New Zealand faces investigation

Things aren't looking so good for Telecom New Zealand these days. The country's Commerce Commission said it opened up an investigation into the service provider's failure to honor an agreement made

First "ring" on New Zealand's NGN phone network

New Zealand's incumbent carrier Telecom made its first official IP call today. Rivals say the company refuses to set a timetable to go all-IP, hindering their plans to compete. The first official

New Zealand Telecom's biggest problems

Down in Kiwi-Land, a columnist for The National Business Review takes a look at the five biggest headaches the incumbent phone company faces today, along with suggestions on how to solve them. Chris

New Zealand outage leaves 500,000 without broadband

New Zealand national telco Telecom experienced a broadband network outage late last week that caused service disruptions to about 500,000 customers on the telco's national network. The Friday night