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Teams Calling Playbook
Teams Calling playbook This isn’t a sales doc and you won’t find much in the way of pricing or sales pitches. However, you’ll learn what
The 3CX Playbook
The Playbook your team needs to scope, design, sell, provision, and support self hosted 3CX.
Teams Calling Webinar
Teams Calling Webinar Get to know Teams Calling in this informal, no obligations on-demand webinar. Watch Webinar What’s this webinar about? After watching the Teams
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Chorus PONFAS Pricing Released
Chorus today released its pricing draft for PONFAS, the unbundled fibre service due for release in 2020. The price points were confirmation of the strategy
First NZ customer live on unbundled fibre
Vodafone and Vocus were busy yesterday announcing the news that their first trial customer was live on unbundled fibre. Plenty of claims were made, and
Local Fibre Companies follow path set by Chorus
Just before Christmas the Local Fibre Companies (LFCs) contracted to the Crown to roll out UFB to 30% of NZ, including major centres such as
Chorus news and implications for unbundled fibre
Last week Chorus announced changes to the pricing of two of its most popular service variants. The table below details the price points and timelines
Chorus unbundled fibre design
Unbundled fibre is coming, by 2020 it will be available for use by retail service providers. What that means for end users is uncertain, in
Spark is in more places than you think
When most consumers think of Spark brands, I assume they would think of the home and business offerings of Spark and Spark Digital, but through
AusNOG 2018 presentation – NZ UFB post 2020
At this years Australian Network Operators Group conference there was a record number of attendees with almost 300 people taking part. Of those 300, probably
UFB service levels and critical response
UFB Service Levels Last week Ultra Fast Fibre, the UFB carrier for Hamilton, Tauranga and several other central North Island towns/cities, announced that they would
Boost VDSL to be phased out
Effective 14 November 2018, Chorus will be grandfathering Boost VDSL. Boost VDSL will also be withdrawn from their suite of products one year from today,
Phasing in digital agreements
If you have been a client of Lightwire for some time you will be used to the process of receiving a PDF agreement, needing to
Vodafone/Vocus announce unbundled fibre partnership
Vodafone and Vocus held a joint press conference yesterday to announce that they are going to partner on plans to unbundle UFB fibre. Given unbundled
Using Air New Zealand’s in-flight Wi-Fi
Air New Zealand recently announced the price for its in-flight Wi-Fi service, with $40 being the flat fee they settled on… until they dropped it
