Paul Brislen

Both Telecom New Zealand Ltd. and Vodafone Mobile New Zealand Ltd. are rubbishing a U.S. report that says New Zealand mobile call termination charges are too high.

New Zealand has rocketed to become the third-largest producer of spam in the region, according to anti-spam company Brightmail Inc.

The Commerce Commission is finally taking Telecom New Zealand Ltd. to court for allegedly "deterr(ing) competition in markets involving high-speed data transmission".

The SCO Group Inc. has announced the availability of its "SCO Intellectual Property License" in New Zealand and Australia, much to the amusement of a number of Linux users.

Australian telco analyst Paul Budde says Telecom's target of 100,000 broadband customers by the end of next year is "a complete disgrace" and to maintain parity with similar nations in Europe the aim should be 1 million customers.

True broadband rollout is worth $A4 billion (US$2.8 billion) to a city the size of Auckland, and would only cost $A850 million to implement, says the Allen Consulting Group.

New Zealand telecommunications commissioner Douglas Webb is neither surprised nor moved by Telecom New Zealand Ltd.'s apparent exaggeration of residential broadband uptake.

One of New Zealand's oldest ISPs is heading into the hands of the Australians soon.