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  • Chinese tech giant Huawei, founder Ren Zhengfei

    CHINA, 2013/06/11 During a visit to the company's New Zealand operations, Ren sat down with four local journalists at a Wellington hotel. The rules were strict: no international media, no photos. During 26 years at the helm of Chinese tech giant Huawei, founder Ren Zhengfei at no time once agreed to be interviewed by a journalist. But the meaning was clear. Huawei is taking steps toward trying to dispel its image as a secretive and opaque company, and to reassure the world of its good intentions.

  • New Zealand's major online auction site Trade Me

    AUSTRALIA, 2012/12/22 Struggling Australian media giant Fairfax said Monday it is selling its remaining 51-% stake in New Zealand's major online auction site Trade Me for AU$616 million (US$650 million). Fairfax, which owns newspaper mastheads such as The Age in Melbourne, the Sydney Morning Herald and Wellington's Dominion Post, said it would use proceeds from the sale to pay down debt.

  • Vodafone to acquire Telstra’s New Zealand unit 2012-07-13

    NEW ZEALAND, 2012/07/13 Vodafone is to buy Telstra’s New Zealand unit, which includes TelstraClear’s voice and data services and network infrastructure, for $668 million. According to Vodafone the cash transaction is likely to close before the end of 2012, subject to regulatory approval, reports Bloomberg.The transaction will give Vodafone, the major mobile phone operator in New Zealand, a 29% share of the country’s market for fixed line residential internet services. Vodafone already has a 13% share, according to a Citigroup statement, while TelstraClear has 16%.

  • Ranks in Bottom Third of OECD for Fixed Line Calling 13/11/2010

    NEW ZEALAND, 2010/11/13 High monthly line rental charge and to a lesser extent relatively high fixed-to-mobile calling prices, means New Zealand ranks poorly in the OECD benchmarking of fixed line voice services, according to a statement from the country's Commerce Commission. Consumers who make few calls a month face the highest line rental in the OECD, while medium to high users of mobile voice services as well have a poor rank under OECD benchmarking.
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