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• US poised to issue licences for supply of non-sensitive goods to Huawei

  The United States may soon issue licences allowing some US companies to supply non-sensitive goods to China's Huawei, reports indicate.

• ​Chorus CEO Mark Ratcliffe to step down

  Industry veteran reveals plans to step aside.

• Telcos could lose half their customers: Ovum

  Ovum has revealed that telecommunications operators can expect to lose up to half their customers in the next 12 months as a quarter of consumers are set to switch providers in the coming year.

• Optus 10 Satellite testing complete

  All’s well for the Optus 10 Satellite, which has completed its in-orbit tests and is now moving to its permanent operational zone at 164 degrees east, according to a statement.

• Atmail unifies its on-premises and Cloud-based experiences

  The September update to Atmail’s email and collaboration platform has seen the service introduce a unified experience across on-premises desktop and Cloud-hosted environments.

• Vigil's first product in NZ will take shape with partner input

  The remote medical sensing company, Vigil Monitoring, is working to launch the first version of its product in New Zealand by the end of the year.

• Spark goes live with 4G on 700Mhz in Waikato

  Spark New Zealand has enabled 12 sites in the Waikato region with 4G on its recently acquired 700MHz spectrum.

• Spark NZ announces half-yearly dividend amidst year-on-year revenue dip

  Spark New Zealand's total revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30 2014 reduced by 2.6 per cent to stand at $3.638 billion. The second half of the year alone brought in $1.791 billion in revenue.

• Spark Digital launches cloud M2M platform

  Spark Digital has launched a new cloud platform to help businesses to automate machine-to-machine (M2M) deployments.

• Telecom rebadged Spark New Zealand

  After 27 years of being known as Telecom, the major telecommunications player of the country has officially become Spark New Zealand today.

• Telecom calls for uniform fibre speeds and prices across country

  It is important to get national consistency on products offered by all four fibre companies to avoid potential confusion that can put customers off, according to Telecom.

• Telecom targets FY15 launch for smart home brand DigiLife

  DigiLife, Telecom’s venture to enable smart homes in New Zealand, is targeted for market launch in FY 2015.

• Vodafone beats Telecom in delivering 700MHz 4G

  Vodafone has edged ahead of Telecom (soon to be Spark) in the race to activate 700MHz-based 4G in New Zealand after switching on the service in Papakura earlier today. This follows last week’s formal commercial launch of the service.

• Telecom targets August launch for 4G on 700MHz spectrum

  Telecom has announced its intention to launch 4G services in the 700 MHz band in late August.

• Telecom gets naked with 30Mbps and 100Mbps fibre

  Telecom has launched its Naked Ultra Fibre service at two price points, giving customers the choice of either 30 megabit per second (Mbps) or 100Mbps download speeds.