New Zealand is another step closer to ultra-fast broadband with tenders invited today for pilots of alternative deployment techniques for optic fibre.

Rakon's European operations are reporting a record sales quarter to end of September, with the highest volume of shipments recorded in Rakon UK's history.

Rakon purchased the Frequency Control Products division of CMAC in March 2007 for NZ$58 million.

Northland road users will enjoy safer, straighter and easier journeys on SH10 at Bulls Gorge, Kerikeri, with the NZTA set to begin construction on a major upgrade to the highway tomorrow.

Dave Feickert, Whanganui based director of KiaOra - stay alive and mine safety adviser to the Chinese government and companies met engineers from the Shandong based firm, Micro Sensor Photonics Limited (MSP) on Friday, in Beijing. Following the meeting, Mr Feickert said,

Today's government decision to require national, instead of region by region rural broadband proposals is a virtual death warrant to regional competition and suggests that the ground is being laid for Telecom to win both the urban and rural broadband schemes, Labour's communications and IT spoke

Local gamers will take on the world at North Harbour Stadium this weekend courtesy of Vector and Orcon.

Despite a higher than expected unemployment rate in the June quarter, New Zealand's job market is gearing up for growth says recruiting experts Hays.

Christchurch's award winning fibre optic company, Enable Networks, has submitted a comprehensive bid to the Government to take its fibre optic network to all Christchurch homes.

Sydney - Pacnet, Asia's leading provider of telecommunication services, and Pacific Fibre Limited today announced plans to jointly build the Pacific Fibre cable, a city-to-city, low-latency subsea fibre optic cable that will boost connectivity between Australia, New Zealand and the US.

Wanganui District Council is working to be part of the Government's $1.5B ultra fast broadband project, which will roll out a fibre optic network across the country.