ICT Archive

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  Patents, Pacific Partnerships, and (com)puters - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  Have a read of this interesting opinion piece on NBR about the ramifications the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will have for software patents in New Zealand. I think the most interesting part that Paul Matthews hits on is that by signing the TPPA, New Zealand law could be overridden. New Zealand recently completed a [...] read more
  December 14, 2011 4:11 pm - 3 Comments
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  Ultra-Fast Broadband truce - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  Better broadband is essential for New Zealand’s future. Everyone agrees with that, but no one, it seems, is happy with the direction the Government is taking to achieve it. An impressive number of telcos and industry watchdogs have joined together today to oppose the Government’s Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) plan because of its negative impacts on [...] read more
  April 11, 2011 4:57 pm - No Comments
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  Bad telecommunications call by Joyce - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  Steven Joyce is noted more for ramming motorways through and manipulating public consultations than for following fair process and he has given the nation a week to read, analysis and prepare submissions on his re-writing of the Telecommunications Act. It’s a bad call. He introduced it as a Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) or amendment to [...] read more
  February 17, 2011 12:05 am - 2 Comments
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  ISP’s are not cheap bullyboys for BigCorps - by Metiria Turei

  
  
  
  News that Telstra Clear has pulled out of the code of practice being drafted by the Telecommunications Carriers Forum (TCF) shows that the whole proposal for a code on the back of the draconian s92A, legislation was doomed to fail. Telstra rightly opposed the law and and have decided they can’t continue to support it, [...] read more
  March 12, 2009 9:07 am - 7 Comments