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Govt forsakes financial gain to facilitate faster 5G
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Govt forsakes financial gain to facilitate faster 5G

The allocation of early access rights in the 3.5 gigahertz band for 5G services will be cheaper for telcos than it would have been pre-covid, but the government is willing to take the revenue hit if it means rolling out the service. The government had planned to auction off sp...

Rebecca Howard 25 Jun 2020
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Xero's US holy grail still distant but glimmers lurk
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Xero's US holy grail still distant but glimmers lurk

Gaining traction in the North American market has been the holy grail for Xero for most of the last decade and it still looks far away in the distance.

Jenny Ruth 03 Jun 2020
Telcos want more from existing networks – Huawei
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Telcos want more from existing networks – Huawei

The covid-19 outbreak has put the brakes on investing in new 5G mobile telecommunications networks, and operators are trying to get more out of their existing networks. That’s provided a small boon to telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies New Zealand, which is...

Paul McBeth 02 Jun 2020
Nido enters the turmoil of the retail sector
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Nido enters the turmoil of the retail sector

It is being billed as New Zealand's largest furniture and homeware retailer but the opening of Nido this weekend seems like a hugely optimistic punt on an industry hit hard by the covid-19 shutdown and consumer exodus to digital shopping.The Ikea-esque outlet is a $60 million...

Brent Melville 31 May 2020