Hon Amy Adams Minister for Communications and Information Technology       15 November 2013     Media Statement Good progress continues on broadband programmes Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams has today released the latest quarterly report on the Government’s ultra-fast broadband and rural broadband programmes. An additional 21,000 end users gained access to fibre over…

Associate Education Minister, Nikki Kaye, has today announced Jack Matthews will be joining the board of Crown-owned company Network for Learning (N4L). Mr Matthews is known in New Zealand as the driving force behind the rollout of Saturn’s (now Vodafone’s) hybrid fibre-coax cable network in Wellington and Christchurch. Most recently he was Chief Executive, Metropolitan…

Hon Amy Adams Minister for Communications and Information Technology        23 August 2013     Media Statement Helping small business take advantage of faster broadband Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams has today announced a new training programme to help small businesses take advantage of the Government’s ultra-fast broadband and rural broadband programmes A…

Hon Amy Adams Minister for Communications and Information Technology                 08 August 2013        Media Statement UFB and RBI programmes exceed year two targets Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams has today released the year two report on the Government’s ultra-fast broadband and rural broadband programmes, which shows the target for both initiatives has…

Hon Amy Adams Minister for Communications and Information Technology 31 May, 2013               Media Statement UFB underway in Upper Hutt, Kapiti, Levin, Gisborne Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams has today announced that work to build a high-speed fibre broadband network is to start in Upper Hutt, the Kapiti Coast, Levin, and Gisborne. Ms Adams…

Hon Amy Adams Minister for Communications and Information Technology 9 May, 2013               Media Statement UFB and RBI continues good progress The latest quarterly report on the Government’s Ultra-Fast Broadband and Rural Broadband programmes shows good progress was made in the first three months of this year. The report released by Communications and Information Technology…

Hon Amy Adams Minister for Communications and Information Technology 3 May, 2013 Media Statement Arranging fibre installation for Ultra-Fast Broadband in apartments and office buildings will be more straightforward in future, thanks to a new code of practice. Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams has today released a Code of Access to Multi-Unit Complexes.…

Hon Amy Adams Minister for Communications and Information Technology   24 February, 2013               Media Statement UFB and RBI continues good progress Deployment of the Government’s ultra-fast broadband and rural broadband programmes continue to make good progress, Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams says. The latest quarterly report on the programmes shows fibre was…

Hon Amy Adams Minister for Communications and Information Technology   21 February, 2013               Media Statement Next-generation mobile technology a step closer   Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams has confirmed that it is the Government’s intention to allocate the digital dividend radio spectrum in the third quarter of this year. The allocation of…

Hon Amy Adams Minister for Communications and Information Technology   21 February 2013          Media Statement   Minister welcomes investment in New Zealand Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams has welcomed an announcement by telecommunications company Ericsson that it will build a fibre ducting manufacturing facility in Wellington. Ericsson is investing about $15 million in…