Chorus broadband, fibre connections rise in first quarter

Chorus broadband, fibre connections rise in first quarter
Sophie Boot
By Sophie Boot April 15 (BusinessDesk) - Chorus, the telecommunications network operator, increased broadband connections 0.4 percent in the March quarter as customers continued to move away from fixed-line services on the copper network to fibre. Total broadband connections rose to 1.23 million by March 31 from 1.22 million three months earlier, the Wellington-based company said in a statement. Fibre connections jumped 21 percent to 112,000. Chorus was halfway through its fibre rollout by the end of the first quarter with building comple...