Government promises to invest $270m to roll out Ultrafast Broadband to 190 more small towns and another 74,000 rural households and businesses.
Chorus awards a $75 million UFB network connection contract to Brisbane-based Universal Communications Group.
An insurgency by vertically integrated retailer Spark has had some impact on New Zealand's biggest fibre company.
​Communications Minister Simon Bridges will introduce a Telecommunications Amendment Bill to support New Zealand's shift to fibre into Parliament today.