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Council and Telecom fail to reveal 5 more towers

Monday, 25 August 2008, 11:21 am | Orcon Internet

Unknown to its residents, the Porirua Council gave Telecom the go-ahead for six cell towers. More >>

Orcon’s purple fleet adds a touch of green

Thursday, 21 August 2008, 9:43 am | Orcon Internet

Orcon has a new fleet of three MINI Clubmans for its technicians – and estimates the move to the new cars will prove to be a smart choice. More >>

Affordable Broadband For Rural Communities

Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 10:05 am | Orcon Internet

Famers and rural communities can now ditch painful dial-up internet connections and get Orcon’s next-generation broadband beamed directly to the home. More >>

Orcon’s Reach To Double Again

Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 12:52 am | Orcon Internet

Orcon’s roll-out of unbundled high-speed internet and phone services continues with availability in 23 suburbs by the end of August. More >>

Orcon continues to unbundle, welcomes competition

Friday, 6 June 2008, 1:30 pm | Orcon Internet

Orcon, New Zealand’s first ISP to unbundle the local loop, today welcomed Vodafone’s announcement that it would join the LLU club, offering even more competition to the New Zealand broadband market. More >>

Orcon Expands Unbundled Network

Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 11:14 am | Orcon Internet

Orcon’s unbundled high-speed internet and phone service will be available to double the number of Aucklanders by the end of May. More >>

Orcon launches unbundled broadband and phone calls

Thursday, 13 March 2008, 1:14 pm | Orcon Internet

Orcon today (Mar. 13, 2008) launches faster broadband and unlimited national calls on a newly unbundled network, meaning households no longer have to deal with Telecom. More >>

User trials of unbundled broadband and voice

Tuesday, 15 January 2008, 2:48 pm | Orcon Internet

Telecommunications provider Orcon last week began the final stage of testing of its unbundled telephone and broadband network in five suburbs around Auckland. As Orcon prepares for the full customer launch of its own network, it has invited a group ... More >>

Act May See A Return To Dark Days

Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 10:06 am | Orcon Internet

The Telecommunications Amendment Act, on the face of it, promises an environment where new telcos can invest and deliver world class broadband to New Zealanders. Ominously, a press release from Telecom on cabinetisation, due out this Wednesday, ... More >>

UCLL determination puts questions on investment

Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 3:48 pm | Orcon Internet

Today’s decision by the Commerce Commission to increase the fee other providers must pay Telecom to access the Telecom network has put a big question mark over Orcon’s plans to invest in a world class network – one that would finally deliver true ... More >>

Orcon Wins Award For Second time

Monday, 15 October 2007, 11:22 am | Orcon Internet

Orcon has been named Internet Service Provider of the Year for the second year running. More >>

Proposal is no more than window dressing

Thursday, 27 September 2007, 2:43 pm | Orcon Internet

Orcon has today voiced its disappointment with Telecom's proposed Naked DSL wholesale product, saying that it is little more than a window-dressing exercise, and as such, they are not able to create a viable commercial product. More >>

Orcon unbundles NZ's first copper local loop

Thursday, 30 August 2007, 9:38 am | Orcon Internet

Telecommunications and Internet service provider Orcon has successfully unbundled New Zealand’s first customer from the Telecom network. The first trial customers went live on the Orcon Broadband and Telephone network this morning in the Auckland ... More >>

Orcon to change way Kiwis view telecommunications

Friday, 17 August 2007, 3:54 pm | Orcon Internet

100% Kiwi owned telecommunications provider Orcon has today announced that it will give away another 5000 free homeliness between now and the end of August 2007. More >>

Orcon celebrates unbundling: basic phone line free

Friday, 10 August 2007, 12:42 am | Orcon Internet

For the first time in New Zealand history, Kiwis can get their basic home phone line for free for a year. 100% Kiwi owned telecommunications provider Orcon is celebrating receiving access keys to Telecom’s Ponsonby and Glenfield exchanges by announcing ... More >>

100% Kiwi-owned Orcon Unbundles the Local Loop

Thursday, 9 August 2007, 9:54 am | Orcon Internet

Orcon has today become part of New Zealand telecommunications history, as the first 100% Kiwi-owned telecommunications provider to unbundle the local loop. More >>

Orcon “Cautiously optimistic” about LLU draft

Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 12:54 am | Orcon Internet

The draft local loop unbundling (LLU/UCLL) standard terms determination delivered by the Commerce Commission this morning is being greeted with cautious optimism by telecommunications and internet provider Orcon. More >>

Orcon to offer Naked Broadband, VoIP in September

Monday, 9 July 2007, 2:58 pm | Orcon Internet

Internet and telecommunications provider Orcon has today announced that it will be launching a Naked DSL broadband product in September, allowing users to have broadband without having to pay a monthly line rental for telephone service. More >>

Orcon Mobile Coming in October

Monday, 28 May 2007, 3:45 pm | Orcon Internet

Orcon has signed it’s wholesale agreement with Vodafone which will allow it to launch the countries second GSM mobile service in October this year. With a range of 3G mobile calling and mobile broadband data plans becoming available in October, ... More >>

For immediate release

Tuesday, 22 May 2007, 11:21 am | Orcon Internet

Orcon is pleased to announce it has teamed up with Tomizone, the new global Wi-Fi Hotspot company that enables people to share their broadband connection securely. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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