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Spark backs Kiwi innovators to harness 5G, to transform healthcare and stimulate economic recovery
The race to 5G is apparently back on with Spark launching a 5G Starter Fund focussing on health and wellness application development.
UK says no to Huawei after all
The UK government has decided that actually it can't have Huawei equipment in its 5G networks after all, and will require telcos remove all components by 2023.
Huawei’s smartphone fortunes battered
Smartphone sales plunged sharply in the first quarter and Chinese phone maker Huawei faces as uncertain future as the US trade ban crimps its international business.
No 5G auction - spectrum allocated instead
Instead of trying to rake in some cash the government has done the sensible thing and offered the spectrum needed for 5G deployment for free.
Brislen on Tech
Here's this week's update from TechBlog editor Paul Brislen.
Microsoft is setting up a datacentre region in New Zealand. But what does it actually mean?
How hot is the telco sector right now? No…
Microsoft's local cloud play - what it means for NZ
Microsoft's move to build a data centre here is big news for the tech sector, but will force local cloud players to innovate and adapt to having a big player on their doorstep.
Brislen on Tech
Here's this week's update from TechBlog editor Paul Brislen.
What does contract tracing actually look like and how will it work? QR Codes vs Bluetooth, but not as we know it.
And show me the mon…
How Covid-19 is set to change tech
Mary Meeker, Silicon Valley's most influential technology analyst is back with a report looking at how Covid-19 will change the tech industry. Here is TechBlog's five-point summary.
Public tech holding up to Covid-19 crush
Our government IT systems have held up reasonably well under overwhelming demand due to Covid-19 as tech vendors rallied to help their public sector clients boost capacity and launch new government se…
Brislen on Tech
In this week's update from TechBlog editor Paul Brislen:
What's black and white and red all over? Not so fast newspapermen - you might not be for much longer. And what to do about hobby horses? (li…
Lockdown Q&A: William Chomley, IMAGR
IMAGR CEO William Chomley has based himself in Japan during lockdown and is running teams across Asia Pacific as work continues on the start-up's AI-powered shopping cart products.
