New Zealand's big bet on fibre has paid off in spades, according to a new report by Deloitte that found the $5.5 billion that government and private companies invested into the super fast internet infrastructure has delivered $31b in value due to productivity gains.
Two economists from Deloitte Access Economics, Liza van der Merwe and Mayuresh Prasad, walk us through the findings from that report, and what the future may hold for fibre in NZ.
Plus, the first part of a new segment where Garth Bray upgrades from an iPhone 8 to an iPhone 16 and lets us know what he thinks of the latest in smartphone tech.
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From the episode
- Unleashing fibre - The future of digital fibre infrastructure in New Zealand - Deloitte
- Report sees billions in productivity gains from UFB fibre - NZ Herald
- Apple iPhone 16 review: elevating the base to new heights - Tech Radar
Elsewhere online
- RBNZ creates first AI role to help with economic forecasting - BusinessDesk
- New Zealand powers half-ton doughnut-shaped Junior for fusion reactor - Interesting Engineering
- Six leading New Zealand aviation companies take the stage - Vertical Mag
- Our perverse respect for immense wealth allows Musk and Zuckerberg to run riot | John Naughton - The Guardian
- Is Elon Musk "Superhuman"? Here's Why Nvidia's Jensen Huang Thinks So After the Tesla Chief's $2.5 Billion Feat - The Motley Fool
- No Direct Satellite View Needed: Cellular Starlink Phone Gets Signal in Your Pocket - PC Mag
- Huawei's farewell to Android is high-level chess - The Register
- VC megadeals are booming — and AI is surprisingly not the top category - Tech Crunch
