Auckland-based telecommunications company Orcon is helping to steer an attempt by Shaun Quincey to emulate his father's feat of rowing single-handed across 'The Ditch'.

Orcon customers are going to enjoy a great summer of video entertainment with the announcement that YouTube traffic from the ISP is zero rated until the end of January 2010.

The Orcon ad made by rock legend Iggy Pop and nine Kiwi musicians is online on the company's website and hitting TV screens today.

Orcon, under its iSERVE brand, has launched New Zealand's first locally-developed cloud computing service for small to medium-sized enterprises.

Telecommunications company Orcon is offering free calls via its network to landline and mobile phone numbers in Samoa until Sunday.

The offer is valid for calls to both Western and American Samoa and is effective immediately.

19 June 2009 - "If you had any doubt as to whether the Comcom decision was good for Telecom, and bad for its competitors, just check out what the market reckons."

This from Orcon CEO Scott Bartlett.

26 May 2009 - Orcon@home and Orcon@work broadband customers can now make their data allowances go further with the telco offering free data downloads from a selected range of popular New Zealand websites*.

4 May 2009 - Orcon is delving deeper in to website and server hosting by acquiring the business of Wellington-based company iSERVE.

Orcon has bought the assets of iSERVE effective from 1 May, and staff will transition to Orcon with effect from that date.

Orcon has today launched the country's first unbundled SME telecoms packages - which cut more than $25 from the monthly cost of line rental and offer free local calling.

26 February 2009 - Nearly 750 junior lifeguards from around the country will descend on Mount Maunganui for the annual New Zealand under-14 Ocean Athletes championships starting tomorrow.