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• N4L taps Telecom for NZ school broadband rollout

  Network for Learning has opened registrations for organisations interested in taking advantage of the N4L network, which will deliver high-speed fibre broadband to New Zealand schools.

• Telecom NZ begins hunt for new CEO

  Telecom New Zealand (ASX:TEL) has kicked off the search for a new chief executive to replace the telco's outgoing head, Paul Reynolds.

• Telecom NZ, Vodafone settle court battles

  Telecom New Zealand (ASX:TEL) and Vodafone have announced that they have settled a long-running legal dispute over service obligation payments.

• Chorus CEO appointment hedged on Telecom NZ demerger

  Telecom New Zealand (ASX:TEL) has appointed Mark Ratcliffe as the new chief executive of its infrastructure business, Chorus, should shareholders vote in favour of the proposed demerger.

• Telecom NZ finally scores piece of UFB project

  Telecom NZ (ASX:TEL) has finally secured a piece of the ultra fast broadband (UFB) initiative with the telco’s Chorus business chosen to deploy fibre in the remaining 24 of the 33 candidate areas.

• Telecom NZ likely for UFB contracts: Analysts

  New Zealand's incumbent telco is expected to pick up at least some of the contracts to build the country's equivalent of the National Broadband Network (NBN), with legislation governing the structural separation of Telecom New Zealand (ASX:TEL) progressing to cabinet.

• Telecom NZ and Vodafone team up for Rural Broadband Initiative

  Telecom New Zealand (ASX:TEL) and Vodafone have submitted a joint response to the Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI), a program which aims to give 97 per cent of rural NZ households access to broadband speeds of at least five megabits per second (Mbps).
  

• Telecom NZ loses out in first NZ broadband bidding war

  The New Zealand Government agency charged with building the country’s equivalent of the National Broadband Network (NBN) has announced the first three companies to build aspects of the network, but has left incumbent Telecom New Zealand out of the loop.