New Zealand Consumer Interest Growing for 5G Mobile

This paper summarizes results from a survey of the New Zealand mobile market by Venture Insights in October 2018. The survey identified a strong consumer interest in and awareness of 5G, with mobile video a strong driver. Fixed wireless broadband service was also strongly supported, and Ultra-Fast Broadband fixed service is likely to be a strong competitor to fixed wireless broadband.

CommsWire - 9 August 2017

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The 'digital dividend' as a case study in spectrum re-farming

Spectrum freed by free-to-air television digitisation and the switch-off of analogue TV, is allocated to accommodate the soaring growth in mobiles.

CommsWire - 7 December 2015

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CommsWire - 4 November 2015

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