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Ability to keep phone number when switching provider protected for five more years

2 Dec 2021

The Commerce Commission has today announced it will continue to protect the ability of telecommunications consumers to keep their landline and mobile telephone numbers if they switch providers.

New Zealanders enjoy access to world-class broadband services

1 Dec 2021

Auckland experienced no significant drop in broadband performance compared with the rest of New Zealand during lockdown, the latest Measuring Broadband New Zealand report from the Commerce Commission shows.

The right tools for the job

30 Nov 2021

If there's a theme for the tech sector next year I suspect it will be "digital equity".

Kiwis confronted with an alarming rise in online identity theft

17 Nov 2021

Newly released data from Netsafe shows incidents of identity fraud in New Zealand have increased by a shocking 86 per cent over the last financial year, while incidents of investment fraud have risen by 37 per cent over the same period.

TCF reviews dispute resolution scheme for future use

11 Nov 2021

The New Zealand Telecommunications Forum welcomes the recommendations set out in the Commerce Commission’s final report into the Telecommunications Dispute Resolution service.

Are you the weakest link?

20 Oct 2021

It’s Cyber Smart week again and never has it been more important to focus on the problem that exists between chair and keyboard – the user.

Telecommunications bucks inflation trend

18 Oct 2021

As the cost of buying goods hits a record high, telecommunication services and devices remain one of the few areas to report a continued fall in prices for consumers.

Smart tips to help you Cyber Up online

14 Oct 2021

With so much of our lives now taking place digitally, it is more important than ever to keep our information secure online.

Waste not, want not

14 Oct 2021

It’s something of a truism to say everyone has a mobile phone these days.

Huge surge in scam messages

1 Oct 2021

The human firewall : Did you get a text message this week telling you about a delayed package delivery? Tens of thousands of you did – but as we know, not all of these messages are legitimate and in this case we’ve seen a huge surge in scam messages.

December 2021