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Kiwi Stories

Telcos stories

Spark buys Digital Island – a good move?

I wasn't inclined to believe that Spark would leave Digital Island to act as an independent brand as part of its wholesale and ventures division.

By Brendan Ritchie • 3 min read • Thu, 23rd Nov 2017

DevOps

Fraud detection, machine learning & real-time payments - Westpac NZ's IT transformation

Westpac NZ partners with ACI to adopt real-time payments and fraud prevention solutions in a wide-ranging IT transformation.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Fri, 27th Oct 2017

Robotics

New technologies helping clean up waterways

Farmers could cut water use and improve river quality as sensors and automation help meet New Zealand's swimmable-water target.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Sep 2017

Deloitte

Infrastructure a key election issue, survey finds

Businesses want more roads, rail and broadband investment, but most doubt the current plan will deliver the best economic outcomes.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Sun, 3rd Sep 2017

Global Stories

Telcos stories

Online fraud

Online fraud leaves APAC consumers wary of digitalization

Rampant online fraud in APAC is shaking consumer trust in digital services, with a new study revealing one in five people directly impacted by fraud.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Wed, 15th Nov 2017

Customer Relationship Management

How telcos can win the CX race

Maintaining a high standard of CX is now the key differentiating factor between industry leaders and laggards.

By Alok Kulkarni • 4 min read • Wed, 1st Nov 2017

Unified Communications

4 major telcos pay 90% of $50m development levy in ComCom's draft decision

Today's draft decision sees Spark, Vodafone, Chorus, and 2degrees Mobile collectively paying for more than 90% of the $50 million levy.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Thu, 26th Oct 2017

Digital Entertainment

Faster internet speeds to spur Asia Pacific OTT video market

Faster bandwidth and expanding 4G networks are driving the Asia Pacific OTT video market, promising enhanced user experiences and competitive pricing.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Mon, 16th Oct 2017

Network Infrastructure

Data center, enterprise and telco demand driving high SDN growth for India

Demand from data centers, large enterprises and telcos, along with increasing demand for cloud based services is driving high demand for SDN in India.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 11th Oct 2017

Network Infrastructure

Silver Peak to showcase latest innovations at Cloud Expo Asia

Cloud Expo Asia is just around the corner and Silver Peak has announced it will be showcasing its latest series of innovations in SD-WAN.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 9th Oct 2017

Customer Relationship Management

NZ telco industry focussed on improving customer service

The New Zealand telecommunications sector is actively addressing customer service gaps through a series of initiatives led by the Telecommunications Forum.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Mon, 25th Sep 2017

Unified Communications

Gartner: Five steps to digital transformation for telcos

More often than not, legacy processes are implemented alongside the new technologies, thereby defeating the purpose of modernisation.

By Neil Osmond • 4 min read • Mon, 25th Sep 2017

Apple

Australian mobile phone market exceeding expectations with 18% growth

Australia's mobile phone market romped in ahead of expectations in Q2 2017, growing 18.4% thanks to the launch of new Android devices.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 28th Aug 2017

Unified Communications

Japan to drive bulk of $9b NFV market as Olympics approach

Network function virtualization amongst Asia Pacific telecommunications providers is set to be worth US$9.24 billion in 2022.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 28th Aug 2017

Cybersecurity

A new player enters SA cybersecurity market through acquisition

An established company recently announced its expansion into the South Africa cybersecurity market by acquiring a managed security service provider.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 22nd Aug 2017

Unified Communications

Four telcos warned about breaching Fair Trading Act by Commerce Commission

Four NZ telecommunications companies have been warned by the Commerce Commission for breaching the Fair Trading Act.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Mon, 14th Aug 2017

Unified Communications

Is the end of open source VoIP in sight? Five reasons why it's on the way out

Beware of partner programs that allow more established suppliers of the same solution to undercut new providers.

By Brendan Ritchie • 4 min read • Thu, 10th Aug 2017

Distributed Denial of Service

Frost & Sullivan names Arbor APAC Anti-DDos Vendor of the Year

According to Arbor's ATLAS system, which monitors global web traffic, Australia has been targeted by a staggering 81,000 attacks year to date in 2017.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Tue, 1st Aug 2017