Bill Bennett - New Zealand telecoms and technology news
WEBHome of the Download Weekly, the New Zealand telecommunications newsletter – also covers personal productivity tools and local technology issues.
What is this site about and who is Bill Bennett?
WEBBill Bennett is a freelance New Zealand technology and business journalist. He started writing about technology in 1980 as staff writer on Practical Computing magazine. He left the UK in 1987 to work in Wellington on The Dominion as Computer Page editor. He spent a decade working in Sydney, Australia. There he was managing editor of two ...
How the 2degrees-Vocus merger affected competition
WEB2 days ago · Broadband competition. Fixed broadband is more competitive. In 2022, prices for most users, but not high end users, were higher in New Zealand than in other OECD countries. Entry level plans here cost $65 a month, with the OECD average being $53. High end plans at $73 were significantly lower than the OECD average of $111.
New Zealand tech slipping behind - billbennett.co.nz
WEBJun 10, 2022 · Aotearoa’s Digital Priorities in 2022, a report from Tuanz, sponsored and promoted by Vodafone, suggests New Zealand is at a “tipping point” and “slipping behind the world on key measures of digital economic performance”. The report pulls on data from the Portulans Institute Network Readiness Index which benchmarks and ranks nations on a range of technology measures.
Extending New Zealand fibre beyond UFB2 - Bill Bennett
WEBThe second phase, UFB2, scheduled to complete at the end of 2022 extends that footprint to reach 85 per cent of the country. This leaves 15 per cent of New Zealand having to rely on either fixed wireless broadband, copper networks, or, in more remote cases, satellite broadband. All these technologies have improved in recent years, but they can ...
Starlink fills gaps but doesn’t fix NZ rural coverage - Bill Bennett
WEBStarlink’s business class dish costs a whopping NZ$4,374.80 up front. Plans start at NZ$426 a month for a terabyte of data, a six terabyte plan costs NZ$2507 a month. This is more than 20 times what a user would pay for a fibre …
NZ broadband faces competitive reset - Bill Bennett
WEBLow Earth orbit satellites, 5G and a fibre speed bump are set to reboot New Zealand broadband competition.. It’s a decade since the first customers connected to Ultrafast broadband. At that time fibre looked the likely Kiwi broadband future.
InternetNZ digital inclusion plan - Bill Bennett
WEBMay 18, 2020 · 20 organisations have pulled in behind InternetNZ’s call ofor greater digital inclusion. The signatories want to push things further and faster.
Budget 2022 earmarks $20 million for NZ software - Bill Bennett
WEBNew Zealand’s 2022 Budget includes $20 million that will be spent over the next four years on supporting the technology sector.. The money will go towards two projects that are part of the Digital Technologies Industry Transformation Plan.
How AI changes New Zealand work, jobs - Bill Bennett
WEBIn the face of an uncertain future, New Zealand must discourage over-specialisation in education. Education and training at all levels must equip young New Zealanders with a broad array of the skills and expertise required for an AI driven world. 1. This is vital. Too often we hear our economy needs STEM education and that’s the end of the story.