Vodafone launches new broadband network
12:31PM Friday June 06, 2008
By Matt Greenop
Broadband competition in New Zealand has heated up, with Vodafone today introducing its new, high-speed 'Red' network.
The launch of the ADSL2+ network has been made possible by 'local loop unbundling' - allowing companies to install their own equipment in Telecom exchanges - which began last year.
Vodafone chief executive Russell Stanners said the company had already unbundled over half of Auckland's exchanges, and would have completed all 41 by the end of the October.
The network, expected to run at a maximum download pace of 24Mbps, would then be extended outside Auckland.
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