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UFF Waives Fibre Wholesale Costs For Student Households Without Broadband

Thursday, 2 April 2020, 8:00 pm | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Central North Island fibre company Ultrafast Fibre will waive its monthly wholesale connection charges for families with school-aged children living in homes without broadband connectivity. The waiver is in place for the next six months and applies ... More >>

Fibre Uptake Soaring As UFB Network Expansion Completed 2 Years Early By Ultrafast Fibre

Monday, 17 February 2020, 3:06 pm | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Hamilton-based Ultrafast Fibre (UFF) is announcing 27 towns and 30,000 more customers can now access the benefits of fibre thanks to its early completion of the second phase of the government’s Ultra-fast Broadband rollout programme (UFB2 and UFB2+). ... More >>

UFF launches 10gb trial of exponentially faster internet

Thursday, 12 December 2019, 9:30 am | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Hamilton-based Ultrafast Fibre has today launched a trial of exponentially faster internet speeds of up to 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps) for the 52 internet retailers servicing the 230,000 residents and businesses in the Central North Island region. More >>

Ultrafast Fibre releases provisional unbundled fibre pricing

Friday, 28 June 2019, 3:57 pm | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Local fibre company Ultrafast Fibre has released its provisional Layer-1 unbundled point-to-multipoint service (also known as PONFAS) wholesale pricing that will apply from 1 January 2020 in their UFB1 areas. More >>

More Kiwis in Hamilton and Tauranga making the switch

Friday, 3 May 2019, 10:12 am | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Three out of five households across Hamilton and Tauranga are now enjoying the benefits of fibre, the latest ultra-fast broadband (UFB) progress reports show. More >>

New Chief Executive appointed to Ultrafast Fibre

Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 9:27 am | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

The WEL Group advises that John Hanna has been appointed as the Chief Executive of its 100 per cent community-owned fibre business, Ultrafast Fibre Limited (UFF) replacing William Hamilton who retired in September 2018. More >>

Ultrafast Fibre to power up Waikato festival events

Monday, 15 April 2019, 10:48 am | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Ultrafast Fibre to power up Waikato festival events during Techweek19 More >>

100,000th connection milestone for Ultrafast Fibre

Tuesday, 12 June 2018, 1:32 pm | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Central North Island fibre company, Ultrafast Fibre, has reached a significant growth milestone by making its 100,000th customer connection. More >>

Next towns named for ultra-fast broadband rollout

Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 12:30 pm | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

The second stage expansion is known as UFB2 and UFB2+ under the Government’s Ultra-fast Broadband scheme, and will see 27 more towns and locations gain access to high speed broadband. Work is already underway in the towns of Ngaruawahia, Stratford, Omokoroa ... More >>

UFF uptake on the increase

Thursday, 8 March 2018, 11:53 am | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Latest government figures on the uptake of ultra-fast broadband throughout New Zealand show people in Ultrafast Fibre (UFF) areas are more likely to be connected than the rest of the country. More >>

Ultrafast Fibre planning advanced for smaller communities

Thursday, 16 November 2017, 4:31 pm | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

The roll out of high-speed fibre broadband by Ultrafast Fibre (UFF) to an additional 15 smaller communities across Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Taranaki is entering the design stage. More >>

Second growth award for Ultrafast Fibre within a month

Sunday, 5 November 2017, 4:50 pm | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Hamilton based Ultrafast Fibre has once again lived up to its name, collecting a second business growth award within a month. More >>

Ultrafast Fibre proves its fast once again

Friday, 29 September 2017, 7:46 pm | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Hamilton based Ultrafast Fibre has lived up to its name by once again taking out the title of the fastest growing technology company in the Central North Island. This is the third year in a row that Ultrafast Fibre has won this Deloitte Fast 50 ... More >>

Ultrafast Fibre Reaches 80,000 Connections

Friday, 21 July 2017, 11:53 am | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

21 July 2017 - Hamilton based Ultrafast Fibre has reached a major milestone having recently completed 80,000 customer connections. More >>

UFF broadband announced for 12 North Island towns

Thursday, 26 January 2017, 3:05 pm | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Ultrafast Fibre has today welcomed the announcement from the Communications Minister awarding them the contract to connect a further 12 central North Island communities as part of the Government’s ultra-fast broadband (UFB) initiative expansion. More >>

Ultrafast Fibre moves to WEL Networks ownership

Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 1:12 pm | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Ultrafast Fibre Limited (Ultrafast Fibre) says it fully supports today’s announcement from Communications Minister Amy Adams, that WEL Networks Limited (WEL) will purchase all of the Government’s shares in Ultrafast Fibre. More >>

Ultrafast Fibre celebrates 50,000th UFB connection

Thursday, 23 June 2016, 3:31 pm | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Ultrafast Fibre Limited has today welcomed the 50,000th connection to its Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) network. More >>

Ultrafast Fibre proud to have completed Tauranga network

Friday, 11 March 2016, 12:11 pm | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Ultrafast Fibre Limited has welcomed today’s announcement from Communications Minister, Amy Adams, that the Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) network in Tauranga has been completed. Having begun work in Tauranga in August 2011, Ultrafast Fibre has completed approximately ... More >>

Hamilton set to Go Faster with UFB

Tuesday, 8 March 2016, 11:42 am | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) has proved to be a “game changer” for Hamilton’s Southwell School, which will be sharing its success at an event next month to showcase UFB in action. More >>

Mayor encourages Tauranga to make the most of UFB

Wednesday, 2 March 2016, 11:23 am | Ultrafast Fibre Ltd

Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby says he is pleased at the level of Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) uptake locally, and he is encouraging all local residents to find out how they can maximise the benefits of access to the network. “Having Ultra-Fast Broadband ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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