Christchurch stories - Page 3

Vodafone has doubled network capacity in Auckland, upgrading 300 of 450 cell sites to improve speeds and coverage for two-thirds of the city.

Telecom customers in New Zealand face further connection issues, following two outages yesterday, with no compensation offered.

New Zealand's top cities, including Auckland and Wellington, failed to crack the Global Startup Ecosystem Index's top 20 tech hubs, unlike Sydney and Melbourne.

There are some serious challenges ahead for the channel in disaster recovery and business continuity, as Keith Newman discovers in our four-part feature.

ICT provider joins forces with Christchurch International Airport and Canterbury-based Data Centre Design for new purpose-built facility.

Halswell families and businesses can now connect to fibre broadband, with the launch of Enable's new services to the first Christchurch suburb.

Gen-i announces a £10.5m investment to construct an earthquake-resistant, eco-friendly data centre in Christchurch, boosting its NZ network.

InternetNZ pledges video conference services to aid Christchurch schools' recovery, enhancing learning networks post-earthquake.

Nationwide protests against the controversial 'Skynet' file sharing bill gain momentum, with over 2,500 Facebook pledges to attend rallies this Saturday.

Telecom offers XT network customers a new Total Home Mobile package, featuring 29c/min mobile calls, 300 texts, and 20GB internet for NZD $99 in major cities.

Yoobee (formerly Magnum Mac) closed up shop at its New Plymouth store recently, as a result of location-based re-evaluation according to CEO Webb.

Christchurch-based Swiftpoint has clinched a CES Innovations Award for their Swiftpoint Mouse, celebrated for its unique pen/pincer grip design.

Vodafone will upgrade its network to 28.8MB/s, surpassing two generations of 3G updates, with main centres receiving the upgrade by Christmas.

So far more than 400 aftershocks have been recorded, including three of 5.4 magnitude, and a major cleanup operation continues.

TelstraClear and TVNZ team up to offer HD TV One and TV2 channels via TelstraClear's T-Box, available free to dual or triple play service customers.

A Christchurch iPhone developer will donate the profits of September sales to the Red Cross Canterbury Earthquake fund.

Telecom's troubled XT Network appears<br />to be experiencing its fifth outage since December - this time in the Auckland<br />area.

Telecom is trialling new technology to turbo-charge broadband speeds, but it could be a while before users can take advantage of it.

A Christchurch baker, Jeremy Grant Bourne, was jailed for 20 months today for possessing and distributing child sexual abuse images.

Christchurch-based Fraame Solutions specialises in supporting the technology needs of healthcare providers in New Zealand and Australia.