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  • Internet Godfather makes way for new Don at ICANN

    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has elected New Zealand lawyer Peter Dengate Thrush as its new chairman, replacing one of the Internet's "founding fathers", Vint Cerf.

  • Analyst: IT services crunch time Down Under

    Major consolidation in Australia’s IT services sector is predicted by industry analyst Gartner, warning that some companies won’t make the cut.

  • Kiwis to peck at spam

    New Zealand is likely to join Australia in the fight against spam, according to the latter's IT Minister, Daryl Williams. The Kiwis are considering developing their own spam legislation based on Australia's Spam Act.

  • Trans-Tasman tech trade: competition or collusion?

    Bound by historical, ethnic, and cultural similarities, Australia and New Zealand also appear to move in the same business and financial cycles. What opportunities does that provide for their respective tech sectors? ZDNet Australia investigates.

  • Destra, Yahoo extend deal

    Destra Corporation Limited and Yahoo! Australia & NZ have extended their existing business relationship, entering into an exclusive deal to provide domain names via the Yahoo! Australia & NZ SME Web site.

  • Scammers target Westpac customers

    Westpac customers have been targeted by scammers seeking their customer number and password.

  • Microsoft walks Aussie SOX into NZ

    An Australian-developed SOX Virtual Phone had become the first system for small-to-medium business to be accredited by Microsoft, a move that should open up opportunities for the desktop telephone system in the New Zealand marketplace.

  • New Zealand to get NBN, too

    The victory of New Zealand's National Party in the country's elections over the weekend has vaulted the creation of a $1.5 billion national fibre broadband network to the top of the government's agenda.

  • Pipe dreams of high-speed Australia-NZ cable link

    New Zealanders may soon score a new high-speed cable link to Sydney boasting 240Gbps international capacity, after Pipe Networks announced today it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kiwi telco Kordia.

  • Telecom NZ in large profit slip

  • Kiwis nabbed in spam bust

    Three New Zealand men face fines of up to NZ$200,000 for their role in one of the world's largest spamming operations, which was shut down this week by US and other regulators, officials said today.

  • Telecom NZ slams regulatory framework

    Telecom New Zealand CEO Paul Reynolds today called for changes to the way the country's regulatory system works, suggesting the current rules could scare telecommunications investors away.

  • Telecom NZ contractor fires 170 staff

    Transfield Services is making 170 staff who work on its Telecom New Zealand contract redundant because it is losing money on the work it does for the telco.

  • Telecom NZ remedies separation breach

    New Zealand's competition regulator today said that Telecom New Zealand had remedied a breach of its separation undertakings linked to the spread of higher broadband speeds.

  • Telecom NZ heats up wholesale battle

    Competition in wholesale broadband in New Zealand is heating up with the launch of a new product from Telecom NZ, just a day after rival Vodafone announced a move into the market.

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