Rural stories

Ingram Micro and Microsoft have kickstarted the IMpact Program, an initiative to digitally empower Australasian NFPs.

A new chapter began for Maetoh as broadband and Wi-Fi networks were connected, giving the village access to the entirety of the internet.

Chorus has welcomed the New Zealand Government's release of a new paper that sets out the country's high-level connectivity vision over the next decade.

Telstra is increasing support for customers in regional areas by boosting the number of local experts and community support.

Digital literacy in schools is to be the focus of a new 14 member reference group.

Telco says trial will go live in parts of Wellington and Auckland today.

$1 billion second-generation satellite network to provide signal in isolated areas.

EOL plans wireless expansion with technology that eliminates the need for towers.

Eighty percent of New Zealanders now use the internet, and<br />more than a million homes are on a broadband connection, according to latest<br />official statistics.

Prime Minister John Key is promising that physical work will<br />have begun on the Government’s Ultra Fast Broadband plan by the end of the<br />year.

Toll-free local calling for all New Zealanders – including those who live in rural and remote areas – will remain despite an upheaval in the way it is funded.

Satellite Internet users with the ISP Farmside will get double the download speeds on their Rocket Broadband service from this month.