Internet Access news stories

Kacific has announced the release of a new emergency connectivity offering designed to rapidly provide broadband service in emergency or disaster zones.

Kacific Broadband Satellites Group has launched Enterprise Backup, a new service intended to protect organisations against frequent power outages.

Asia has 2.3 billion internet users, which equated to 50.3% of the world’s internet user population.

Heficed is offering its cloud hosting, data storage and processing, and internet connections free of charge to organizations committed to fighting the virus.

Overall, fibre broadband connections have increased 3% from 24% to 27% in the space of one year, indicating that it is still a slow process for many countries.

The findings are in and the countries with the worst record for internet censorship have been revealed. 

luebird Network chose to build the 26-mile-long fiber network completely underground to protect it from natural disasters.

The new deal will enable REANNZ to boost connectivity and gain additional capacity on the Hawaiki network, as well as diverse trans-Tasman and trans-Pacific subsea routes.

Grandstream’s family of GWN Wi-Fi access points (APs) is now joined by two new additions: a long-range outdoor AP, and a new Wi-Fi AP with integrated internet switch.

A global study of parents by Kaspersky found that 52% trust their children to know when enough online time is enough, but 70% admit they also spend too much time online.

This is an important project that will improve New Zealand’s domain name system - reinforcing its reliability and security.

Chorus has announced today that CEO and managing director Kate McKenzie will pack her bags and head to Australia at end of 2019, after three years in a CEO role.

"Virtutel’s NBN Enterprise Ethernet complements Vertel’s existing capability of providing connectivity to regional and remote areas of Australia."

Nova Energy and smart home internet platform Plume have teamed up to offer New Zealanders a new range of family-friendly internet services and parental controls.

InternetNZ has released a report that shows the things we are worried about, and where we might be going wrong.

"94% of people are concerned about the security of personal data but many are not taking appropriate steps to protect themselves online."

The additional coverage will roll out over the next four years as part of the Rural Broadband Initiative phase two/Mobile Black Spots Fund (RBI2/MBSF) programme expansion.

“We recognise some businesses are on nbn powered plans that have not been optimised for their needs," says Paul Tyler.

The Commerce Commission wants to rally 3000 volunteers to help make New Zealand’s broadband better for everyone.

The facilities will provide training and assessments for more than 2,000 in-field telecommunications workers.

Australia is ranked 23rd of 30 high-income countries, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s The Inclusive Internet Index.

Bidwells has released a report that delves into the UK data centre market, the hot locations and whether data centres should go rural or city.

Quad9 Domain Name Service protects users from accessing malicious internet sites that are known to steal information and other harmful activities.

“Over the past five years, Open Access has invested in creating an Internet ecosystem and we are excited to offer attendees access to all levels."