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Bill Bennett
Freelance journalist.
Auckland-based Bill Bennett writes technology and business stories that are directly relevant to New Zealand readers.
His emphasis is on telecommunications, but he also covers other aspects of technology and business. You can find his features in the New Zealand Herald and hear him regularly on RNZ Nine to Noon and the NZ Tech Podcast.
Bennett's The Download Weekly newsletter is published every Friday. You can sign up for it here.
If you want to support his work, you can make a donation to his PressPatron account.
Bill Bennett - Latest News [Page 42]
Spark spectrum buy tilts broadband power balance
Sunday, 27 March 2016, 7:08 pm | Digitl
On Thursday the Commerce Commission gave Spark permission to buy 70 MHz of the 2300 MHz band from Craig Wireless and Whoosh. More >>
NZ, US Apple iPhone SE, iPad Pro prices compared
Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 5:30 pm | Digitl
In recent years Apple has done a better job than most rivals when it comes to reducing the gap between New Zealand and US prices. How do the Apple iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro measure up? More >>
NZ fixed broadband speeds falls behind global pace
Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 5:24 pm | Digitl
According to the latest Akamai State of the Internet report New Zealand ranks number seven in the world for average peak mobile speed. More >>
Let's fix date to close copper network
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 12:22 pm | Digitl
Portugal Telecom says it will start closing copper switches next year . By 2020 the nation's copper network will be history. More >>
Fixing Apple, Google, Facebook tax
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 12:19 pm | Digitl
Writing at the New Zealand Herald Matt Nippert says Top multinationals pay almost no tax in New Zealand . A major Herald investigation has found the 20 multinational companies most aggressive in shifting profits out of New Zealand overall paid virtually ... More >>
This will be the year of 4.5G
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 12:06 pm | Digitl
Fourth-generation cellular technology, better known as 4G, is still relatively young in New Zealand. More >>
Microsoft readies 22% NZ enterprise cloud price hike
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 1:55 pm | Digitl
Microsoft partners have warned enterprise cloud service customers to expect a 22 percent price increase from April 1 . More >>
Canon EOS 1300D: A real camera for beginners
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 1:54 pm | Digitl
From the marketing material looks like an ideal choice for people who have grown up with phone cameras and want to move to the next level without committing to expensive professional gear. It is a beginner’s camera. More >>
NZ data use doubled in 2015
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 1:49 pm | Digitl
It's called the Netflix effect and it is one reason why demand for UFB fibre services is running ahead of expectation. By one measure the number of people already connected to the part-built network has gone past the figure planners expected to see in 2020 ... More >>
Ross Patterson: Government-funded fibre makes sense
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 1:46 pm | Digitl
At the NBR former telecommunications commissioner Ross Patterson defends the case for the New Zealand government's investment in a fibre-to-the-premises network. More >>
Dick Smith spam abuse begins
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 1:43 pm | Digitl
You may think: "Nothing unusual there". After all, many people who subscribed to the Dick Smith mailing list will have had the same message. More >>
SenCbuds: Smart earphones that know when you're not listening
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 12:02 pm | Digitl
New Zealand-designed SenCbuds are smart earphones that detect when you stop listening. They know when you pull the earphones from your ear and pause whatever is playing. Put them back in and the audio starts again. More >>
Talking UFB on RNZ Nine to Noon
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 11:57 am | Digitl
This morning I was on Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan talking about possible problems with funding for residential fibre connections and other issues to do with the project. Fund running dry for non standard residential UFB connections More >>
Huawei Mate 8 pushes phone size, battery limits
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 11:54 am | Digitl
Huawei says it wants Samsung’s Android crown. The Mate 8 Android phone will win big screen fans, but it’ll do less to disrupt the Samsung Galaxy S7 than the more rounded Huawei-made Nexus 6P . More >>
An Android-eat-Android world
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 11:49 am | Digitl
Apple was the only big phone maker not at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona. More >>
Android winners and losers
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 11:44 am | Digitl
A fascinating graph from Carolina Milanes i, chief of research at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. The data is for the five largest European countries and it shows two brands not sold in New Zealand. Yet the big picture would be similar. More >>
Intellipath adds Australian scale with Nextgen deal
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 11:42 am | Digitl
A partnership with Australian national network provider Nextgen has expanded Intellipath’s reach creating what may be the region’s largest bandwidth-on-demand service. More >>
MacSparky on Apple Notes
Friday, 4 March 2016, 8:52 am | Digitl
David Sparks hits the spot with his post on Apple Notes : When I showed up at WWDC last year, Apple Notes was nothing more than a target for my derision. When they announced during the keynote that they had an "all-new" Apple Notes I chortled ... More >>
Premier League Pass: Miss you already
Friday, 4 March 2016, 8:42 am | Digitl
Chris Keall, writing at the NBR, reports Lightbox Sport, a joint venture between Coliseum Sports Media and Lightbox, has lost the New Zealand TV rights to English Premier League football . More >>
Delighted the data centre contract was awarded to a New Zeal
Friday, 4 March 2016, 8:35 am | Digitl
At Computerworld James Henderson reports: Spark seals $60 million IRD contract as Revera overhauls tax system . More >>
