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The Government’s broadband investment proposal
31 Mar 2009 | Media Releases
The New Zealand Institute welcomes today’s announcement of ultra-fast broadband access for 75% of the population within ten years.
Delivering on the broadband aspiration: A recommended pathway to fibre for New Zealand
02 Apr 2008 | 190 Kb PDF | Presentations
This presentation outlines a proposal to accelerate the deployment of fibre.
The New Zealand Institute proposes the creation of a new vehicle to deliver fibre to the premises
02 Apr 2008 | Media Releases
The New Zealand Institute has today released the final presentation in its research project on broadband. This presentation, ‘Delivering on the broadband aspiration: A recommended pathway to fibre for New Zealand’, describes a regulatory model and a proposed funding mechanism, called Fibre Co, that we believe will deliver against the Institute’s proposed aspiration of fibre to the premises (FTTP) to 75% of the population within a decade.
New Zealand needs to move quickly to create a new model to accelerate fibre investment
12 Mar 2008 | Media Releases
The New Zealand Institute has today released a further presentation in its research project on broadband. This presentation, ‘Assessing New Zealand’s current broadband path: the need for change’, examines the extent to which announced and likely investment plans will move New Zealand towards scale deployment of fibre to the premises.
Assessing New Zealand’s current broadband path: The need for change
12 Mar 2008 | 172 Kb PDF | Presentations
This presentation assesses New Zealand's current progress with respect to fibre investment: is it sufficient?
Defining a broadband aspiration
26 Sep 2007 | 326 Kb PDF | Presentations
This presentation describes a broadband strategy for New Zealand that will enable it to capture more economic value.
Overview
New Zealand is more likely to be able to compete successfully in global markets by developing strengths in the weightless economy, because such types of economic activity are less exposed to New Zealand’s small scale and physical remoteness. The weightless economy includes adding more knowledge-based value to physical goods and services, engaging in foreign investment or offshoring production, through to activity that can be transported virtually such as the creative industries, biotech, or business services. This project will examine the priorities for action to develop weightless strengths in the New Zealand economy.