Vodafone fault delays text messages
Text messages have been delayed for several hours after a faulty Vodafone computer server hung on to messages, rather than passing them on. Vodafone spokesman Paul Brislen said the problem, which began...
View ArticlePlunket planning electronic health records
Plunket is preparing to take its first steps into the information age, and they are not baby ones. The charity is searching for an information system, to be called PlunketPlus, that will let it create...
View ArticleTelecom claim 'didn't breach Act' - ComCom
The Commerce Commission won't haul Telecom over the coals for saying that its XT network reached 97 per cent of the population, a claim the company withdrew after finding coverage fell short of...
View ArticleFonterra to expand use of SAP
Fonterra will create 30 new jobs for skilled information technology workers installing SAP software at its manufacturing plants. The new investment will see Fonterra adopt SAP to run its...
View ArticleTelecom launches campaign to win back XT users
Telecom will ask for a second chance for its beleaguered XT network with an advertising blitz starting tonight after angering mobile customers. The campaign will offer customers a "money-back...
View Article2degrees gets further funding
2degrees' overseas shareholders have injected another US$7.5 million (NZ$11.07m) into the mobile phone firm via a share issue, as it gears up for the launch of its 3G service. Spokeswoman Bryony...
View ArticleTelstraClear future uncertain despite reasonable result
TelstraClear turned in a respectable annual result, earning $16 million before interest and tax, but said the industry faced an "uncertain and unstable" future. The result was down $2m on last year and...
View ArticleTelecom profit set to fall 10 per cent
Telecom's profit is expected to fall at least a 10th to between $360 million and $370m when it reports its annual results on Friday. Analysts looking ahead to an anticipated deal between Telecom and...
View ArticleNZ health IT vendor wins Canadian contract
Christchurch software company Emendo has won a $2.5 million deal to supply six Vancouver hospitals with an application that is designed to forecast how busy they will be, so they can better roster...
View ArticleTelecom revenue down, but some improvement seen
Telecom reported a 4.5 percent fall in its bottom line full year net profit to $380 million, with revenue down 6.5 percent to $5.27 billion. The company highlighted its earnings before interest,...
View ArticleTelstraClear tests 100Mbit/s in Wellington
TelstraClear will trial a 100Mbit/s broadband service in Wellington next week and step up its efforts to persuade the Government that it would be wasting taxpayers' money overbuilding its cable...
View ArticleNZ broadband politics puzzle global networking boss
The president and chief executive of telecommunications equipment giant Ciena, Gary Smith, says he is bemused by the "incredibly politicised" nature of the broadband debate in New Zealand. "I am used...
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