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Latest Wholesale Media Releases
18 December 2009
Telecom has written to Communications Minister Stephen Joyce requesting a small number of changes to its Undertakings on operational separation.
The variation proposal aims to ensure that Telecom's operational separation investment programme can incorporate Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) related services, processes and capabilities, once these are known.
"The proposed changes do not affect Telecom's commitment to delivering its operational separation milestones on time and in full," said Matt Crockett, CEO, Telecom Wholesale. "They simply provide us with the flexibility to determine the systems we use to deliver that equivalence in the short term while we design our new systems and interfaces to be as future proof as possible given UFB developments."
12 November 2009
Telecom will begin wholesaling its new 3G, WCDMA 850 mobile network by mid-2010.
Telecom has been successfully selling the new network to its customers since 29 May 2009 under the XT Mobile Network brand and a decision has been made to pull forward plans to wholesale this world-class network.
"Making our WCDMA mobile network available at wholesale is very exciting. It will provide the first opportunity for New Zealand telecommunications retailers to source a full range of the most advanced wholesale solutions from one supplier," says Telecom Wholesale General Manager of Marketing, Nick Clarke.
22 September 2009
Telecom Wholesale is now offering more New Zealand Internet Service Providers (ISPs) the opportunity to enjoy super-fast broadband as it expands its roll out of VDSL2 (Very High-Speed Digital Subscriber Line 2) to more areas around the country and with greater volumes.
From 1 October, ISPs serving exhange areas including Christchurch, Fendalton, Riccarton, Nelson, Wellington Central, Courtney Place, Palmerston North, Devonport, Ellerslie and Howick will be able to offer this super-fast broadband service. They join the Auckland suburbs of Browns Bay, Ponsonby, Glenfield, Remeura, Mt Eden as well as Central Auckland.
30 January 2009
In its latest move to offer New Zealanders world class broadband services, Telecom Wholesale is installing the newest and most advanced standard of super-fast broadband - known as VDSL2 (‘Very High-Speed Digital Subscriber Line 2').
"This super-fast technology takes advantage of our push to get fibre closer to the home. It offers a huge step-up in broadband speed and is the next key phase of Telecom New Zealand's multi-billion dollar capital expenditure programme," said Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds.
23 September 2008
Telecom Wholesale today launched the first in a services of next generation broadband products to telecommunication service providers. Enhanced Unbundled Bitstream Access has been successfully trialled with both CallPlus and South Island ISP Snap and is now available to other service providers.
"Enhanced UBA is the first of a new family of next generation network products allowing service providers to offer their customers real-time next generation services," said Telecom Wholesale chief executive Matt Crockett.
HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND TO REACH MORE EXCHANGES (pdf, 94kB)
9 September 2008
Telecom Wholesale has initiated the next phase of the high-speed broadband roll-out with an additional 14 exchanges set to receive the technology which provides high speed broadband to internet users by the end of September.
Paul Hayes, GM Product Management for Telecom Wholesale said, "This is the next phase of Telecom's exchange investment for high-speed broadband called ADSL2+. Our expanding ADSL2+ footprint will soon reach 56 per cent of all fixed line broadband customers and support a wide range of world-class broadband services for wholesale customers.
19 June 2008
The next generation of broadband delivering content-rich services to New Zealand households over an open access fibre network is being piloted in a new housing development in Orewa, north of Auckland.
TELECOM WHOLESALE AND WORLDXCHANGE COMMUNICATIONS DELIVER FIBRE-BASED PHONE AND INTERNET TO NEW SUBDIVISIONS (pdf, 32kB)
29 November 2007
New Zealanders moving into selected new subdivisions around the country will be able to enjoy next generation telecommunications services, following an announcement made at the Digital Strategy Summit launching a joint project by Telecom Wholesale and WorldxChange Communications to deliver phone and broadband services over fibre optic cables connected directly to homes.
TELECOM ANNOUNCES KEY APPOINTMENTS (pdf, 31kB)
21 November 2007
Telecom today announced two key appointments that will help accelerate the momentum of Telecom's operational separation programme, and deliver high quality network services for the whole of New Zealand's telecommunications industry.
3 September 2007
TelstraClear is the first service provider to test Telecom Wholesale's new fibre based high speed network service, called HSNS. The new commercial service will allow service providers, like TelstraClear, to extend their networks or build a business-grade private network solution similar to Telecom's One Office.
TELECOM OPENS EXCHANGE TO IHUG AND ORCON (pdf, 60kB)
9 August 2007
Telecom opens its exchange doors for the first time with an early trial of local loop unbundling and co-location with service providers, ihug and Orcon.