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• NZ telcos welcome government's 5G spectrum direct allocation plan

  ​New Zealand's telcos are welcoming the government's decision to cancel an auction of 5G spectrum and to directly allocate it instead.

• Covid-19: Mobile telcos condemn wilful damage to towers

  The NZ Telecommunications Forum (TCF) is condemning wilful damage to New Zealand’s mobile networks, which is causing disruption during the Covid-19 lockdown and response.

• Covid-19: Mobile operators face $90M implosion in roaming revenue

  ​New Zealand's three mobile network operators are facing the loss of most if not all of their international roaming revenue as a result of global pandemic travel shutdowns.

• Vodafone to offer essential, no-contact store services

  Vodafone NZ will keep 45 stores open from Monday to provide essential services during the Covid-19 lockdown, but "customer intimacy" is out for the duration of the crisis.

• Vodafone ups the ante on 5G with Christchurch innovation lab

  ​Vodafone New Zealand has opened its first Vodafone 5G Innovation Lab in Ōtautahi, Christchurch, and announced a partnership with the University of Canterbury to showcase the technology.

• Gates open early on New Zealand 5G spectrum

  NZX-listed telco Spark has welcomed the Government’s announcement that it intends to auction 5G spectrum early next year for a short-term allocation of some of the 3.5 GHz 5G band.

• Vodafone NZ switches on commercial 5G to 100 cell-sites

  ​Vodafone NZ today switched on 5G in parts of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown with 100 of its over 1500 cell sites now offering the service.

• Bad news for Huawei as Spark rolls out more 5G regions

  Spark has withdrawn its original application to government security agencies to roll out 5G services using Huawei radio access network equipment.

• Spectrum access dogs Spark's 5G ambitions

  Access to spectrum remains a key challenge for Spark as it tries to realise its 5G and broader wireless ambitions.

• Huawei delivers Spark 5G network for Team NZ

  Spark ramped up the 5G race on Saturday, but Huawei is probably the biggest symbolic beneficiary of the New Zealand telco's latest rollout.

• Fibre companies hit as ComCom releases draft telco development levies

  The Commerce Commission has released its draft of how much telco providers will pay towards the Government’s $50 million Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) for 2018/19.​

• Kogan Mobile comes to NZ via Vodafone

  Australia's Kogan launched its Kogan Mobile in New Zealand today in a move aimed squarely a​t Spark's successful Skinny brand and 2Degrees.

• Vodafone NZ tests its first 5G sites

  Vodafone NZ has completed five site upgrades for 5G services and live network testing is now underway.

• Mobile network operators team up to expand rural services

  Spark, Vodafone and 2degrees have combined to deliver new rural broadband and mobile services into twenty rural locations on shared infrastructure.

• GCSB signs off on Vodafone NZ's 5G network plans

  Vodafone New Zealand's plans to deploy a 5G network has passed a major hurdle with security approval from ​​security agency the GCSB.