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Juha Saarinen: Elon Musk's challenge to Kiwi rural broadband providers
New broadband option is bound to tempt some users.
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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
The suitor who could head-off the Vocus IPO
Plus: What Vocus NZ is worth today - two different takes.
Vocus to float its NZ business, which includes Orcon and Slingshot
Who could be in the frame if the IPO is headed-off by a trade sale.
Fibre risk: How to make a 111 call from a landline during a power cut
How can you dial 111 during a powercut in the age of UFB fibre and fixed wireless?
Chorus uses AGM to fire volleys at regulator, Spark, Vodafone
Commerce Commission accused of being "simply wrong". Fixed-wireless also gets the bash.
Broadband wars: Vocus relaunches Flip with $15 broadband plan
The battle for budget buyers.
Watchdog bites telcos as complaints rise
Commerce Commission cites increasing complaints against Spark, Vodafone, 2degrees.
Analyst sees Spark-Sky deal as 'first white flag'
"The start of a way out for Spark," one analyst says. The telco responds.
Surprise deal: Sky and Spark hook up for summer sports
Rivals to play nicely over summer.
2degrees hires Apple man, lines up funding for 5G upgrade
Parent Trilogy makes two major plays that should help 2degrees' mobile upgrade.
Who will pay what share of downsized telco tax?
Big weight off the major player's shoulders.
Nokia plans to set up 4G network on the moon
Communications system to be on the lunar surface by late 2022.
Sky TV hints at big changes to channel plans, cut-price broadband
Customer survey shows some big strategy shifts are on the cards.
Thousands paying too much for mobile - regulator
ComCom fires warning shot at telcos. Vodafone fights its corner. Spark raises objection.
Jarden Brief: Westpac survey to reveal Covid impact on consumers
Survey results due out today.
Cyber-security: Study finds most NZ small businesses tempting fate
Study of 1000 local SMEs finds positive, negative trends in the age of Covid.
How pandemic changed 2degrees' HQ move
How does working from home influence plans for new HQ?
Some Xtra Mail users collateral damage in war on hackers
Counter-measures disrupt service.
NZME and Skinny take innovative approach to content sponsorship
There is a new "friendship" between NZME and Skinny.
Spark's dividend, and what's really driving Cannasouth
Sparks may cut its dividend next year, and what's happening with Cannasouth's share price.
Spark increases profit 4% to $427m - but warns of Covid hit in FY2021
CEO warns Covid-19 impact will be worse in FY2021.
Chorus targets late adopters with new ad campaign
Appealing to laggards with a "new normal" theme.
Lockdown 2.0: Telcos offer more relief
Vocus continues to offer unlimited data. Vodafone offers additional hardship help.
Back to lockdown: How networks are coping
How it confirms to the Level 4 frenzy. Latest on store hours, conditions.
Oliver Mander: Sky TV faces its do or die moment
Can the former giant transform itself, or is it doomed to irrelevance?
Spark Sport hikes monthly cost
Spark Sport will increase the monthly cost of its service from September.