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30,000 Kiwis get ultra-fast broadband early

Ultrafast Fibre has completed its broadband rollout two years early, connecting 27 towns and 30,000 customers to fibre, enhancing connectivity in New Zealand.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Mon, 17th Feb 2020

Supply Chain

Chorus suspends Clearvision Communications from UFB work

Chorus suspends Clearvision Communications from UFB work after breaches of employment standards, following ERA determination.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Jun 2019

Unified Communications

Chorus' message: just be more committed to paying

Vocus says prices could increase by between $12 and $200 per user, which would have to be absorbed by the provider or paid for by the consumer.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Tue, 2nd Apr 2019

Unified Communications

Kiwis paying more than $100m too much for inferior internet

Kiwis are overspending by NZD $100m annually for slower internet; switching to Ultra-Fast Broadband could save households between NZD $145 and $471 each year.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 28th Feb 2019

Fibre

Kiwi businesses taking the lead in fibre adoption

A NZ company says Kiwi businesses are right at the top globally when it comes to fibre adoption, but for reasons beyond faster broadband.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Jul 2018

Cloud Services

Dimension Data becomes single cloud provider for Ultrafast Fibre

Ultrafast Fibre says it's seeing improved security and flexibility and reduced costs after selecting Dimension Data as its single cloud provider.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 18th Apr 2017

Smart Cities

Further investment in UFB network

UFB2 will extend fibre broadband to 12 more central North Island towns, with WEL and Waipa Networks investing about NZD $60 million.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 26th Jan 2017

Unified Communications

Inside the Kiwi UFB experience - Different Graphic Design & Jeff Oliver Print

New Zealand's Ultra-Fast Broadband Initiative brings high-speed fibre to homes and businesses. Businesses already benefiting.

By Sara Barker • 4 min read • Thu, 15th Sep 2016

Unified Communications

Inside the Kiwi UFB experience - Skyline Enterprises

Skyline Enterprises leverages New Zealand's Ultra-Fast Broadband Initiative, enhancing operations and guest services across its multinational tourism ventures.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 13th Sep 2016

Global Stories

Ultrafast Fibre stories

Unified Communications

The growing need for a dual focus with enterprise connectivity

COVID-19 has highlighted the need for reliable enterprise networks to accommodate remote access, with Chorus offering connectivity solutions for businesses.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Oct 2020

Unified Communications

Ultrafast Fibre to trial 10Gbps fibre broadband

New Zealand businesses with a need for cutting-edge performance cloud software and transfer vast amounts of data are expected to be early adopters of the trial.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Dec 2019

Unified Communications

NZ among the world's countries with the fastest internet

The latest data from OECD's broadband portal has found that New Zealand is punching well above its weight in high-speed fibre.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 1st Mar 2019

Fibre

Ultrafast Fibre named the fastest growing tech company in NZ

Hamilton-based Ultrafast Fibre has been named the fastest growing tech company in the Central North Island for the third year running.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Mon, 2nd Oct 2017

Unified Communications

Fibre providers chime in on country's fastest broadband regions

Chorus' latest survey of the top ten fastest services for broadband has ruffled feathers amongst three of the country's local fibre companies.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 13th Apr 2017

National Standards

Primary students' results improve with fibre broadband

The New Zealand Government's investment of over $1 billion into ultra-fast broadband is beginning to show results.

By Rebecca Wood • 2 min read • Fri, 7th Apr 2017

Ultrafast Fibre

Spark deploys its 'fastest' UFB service to most of NZ

Spark ramps up broadband speeds, launching its swiftest UFB service for most Kiwis, with promises of 700-900Mbps downloads.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 5th Dec 2016

Unified Communications

InternetNZ praises Spark's one week fibre installation plans

InternetNZ hails Spark and Ultrafast Fibre partnership to speed up ultrafast broadband installation in New Zealand homes.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 3rd Nov 2016

Ultrafast Fibre

Vodafone announces pricing for gigabit broadband plans

After spending $22 million & partnering with Huawei, much of the cable network Vodafone inherited by acquiring TelstraClear is now capable of gigabit.

By Patrick Pilcher • 2 min read • Thu, 20th Oct 2016