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The NZ World Internet Project Survey of over 1200 New Zealanders has revealed that 83% are now using the Internet, up from 79% in 2007.
More significantly, the proportion of internet users using broadband has risen to 82% by September 2009, up from 67% in 2007, with dial-up use declining.
The finding indicates there must be a lot of [...]

Federated Farmers is backing the Government’s plan for rural broadband but says more money is needed.
Cabinet has signed off the roll-out and work is expected to start on the infrastructure early next year.
The Government is providing $48 million towards the $300m cost and will put a levy on the industry to deliver the rest.
Telecom says [...]

Kiwis are ditching dial-up internet connections for broadband internet, according to a study.
The World Internet Project survey also reveals Asian New Zealanders have the highest level of internet usage in New Zealand.
Broadband usage leapt to 82 per cent by September from 67 per cent in 2007, as the number of Kiwis on slower dial-up connections [...]

The New Zealand government has finalised its plans for rural telecommunications with Cabinet signing off on plans to rollout high speed broadband in rural areas, and for the reform of the Telecommunications Service Obligations (TSO).
Communications and information technology minister, Steven Joyce, said: “As a result of this plan we are confirming today, 97 percent of [...]

Information Technologies experts, educators and business stakeholders will be convening at Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) on March 19, to address skills demands in Auckland’s fastest growing region, Counties Manukau.
As New Zealand industries evolve, employers are looking for IT professionals with new and varied skills sets. This conference is significant as it will encourage further [...]

The New Zealand Government has finalised its NZ$300 million rural telecommunications plan to roll out high speed broadband in rural areas, with Cabinet signing off on the proposals yesterday.

Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce said that the majority of rural homes will gain access to speeds up to 5Mbps, with speeds for more remote [...]

It’s a well-worn adage, especially within the software development industry, but necessity really is the mother of invention for some of New Zealand’s most successful iPhone application developers.
Polar Bear Farm, Orsome and Smudge Apps began by designing from need as consumers themselves. Now, high-profile companies at home and abroad are hiring these early innovators to [...]

There is widespread support for a proposed undersea fibre optic cable that backers hope will break the digital divide between New Zealand and the rest of the world.
Internet entrepreneur Rod Drury, Warehouse founder Stephen Tindall and Trade Me’s Sam Morgan are some of the names behind the venture.
Pacific Fibre has announced a plan for the $900 [...]

Businessmen Sam Morgan, Stephen Tindall and Rod Drury are part of “an early stage” venture to build a submarine fibre cable between Australia, New Zealand and the United States, with five times the capacity of the existing Southern Cross system.
The group went public today under the name Pacific Fibre and it wants to talk to [...]

By Frances Manwaring, CEO of Virtual Expos New Zealand, on The Business Times, Singapore
VIRTUAL reality is one of the enduring images of science fiction: Think of epic action-hero battles, complete with martial arts moves and superhuman agility, or holograms that transport the human protagonists to another time and place.
At a time when technology is changing [...]