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Posted at 10:55am Thursday 10th Nov, 2011
 Chinese company Huawei is a new major partner in the Ultrafast Fibre $300 million ultrafast broadband fibre roll-out in the Tauranga area.
Ultrafast Fibre is a consortium led by lines company Wel Networks and it is undertaking works in Tauranga, Hamilton and other North Island locations.
Cable is being laid across Tauranga.
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Posted at 11:30am Wednesday 28th Sep, 2011 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 Tauranga resident Gabrielle Freitas is fed-up with a lack of service from internet and phone provider Orcon.
“I moved to a new house over two weeks ago,” says Gabrielle.
“I had organised for their (Orcon) services to be set-up a week before I moved and I’m still waiting for it; it’s very frustrating.
“I spent...
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Posted at 11:20am Sunday 18th Sep, 2011
 The high speed broadband rollout in Tauranga is complete with 60km of fibre optic cable being deployed and installed to 147 new fibre fed cabinets.
Chorus installed the cable and the cabinets to enable broadband speeds of at least 10Mbps (mega bits per second) to homes and businesses across Tauranga.
The high speed broadband rollout in Tauranga is...
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Posted at 10:36am Saturday 10th Sep, 2011 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 Tauranga astronomer Stuart Murray says NASA’s move to declare ‘no fly zones’ on the moon is “a bit precious”. NASA, the organisation which pulled the pin on its ageing shuttle fleet without offering a replacement, and is now contemplating ending the life of the international space station – is planning on introducing...
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Posted at 11:49am Thursday 28th Jul, 2011 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 Preliminary deployment works are underway in Tauranga in preparation for the full scale rollout of ultra fast broadband in the city.
Work being undertaken by contractor WEL Networks in Tauranga around the Avenues is focused on running feeder cables from the exchange to cabinets.
Cable being laid under the road on Devonport Road.
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Posted at 9:24am Thursday 14th Jul, 2011 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 Bay of Plenty residents are being warned not to risk having their details stolen as another scam circulates in the region.
A hoax email is being sent out asking people to ring a telephone number to confirm their billing address while others claim to offer a tax refund.
The Inland Revenue Department’s group manager service delivery, Heather...
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Posted at 9:22am Wednesday 15th Jun, 2011
 The Bay of Plenty Regional Council is claiming credit for encouraging investment in broadband for the region.
At the regional council’s strategy, policy and planning committee meeting this week, councillors heard from its staff member, technology and economic development group manager Miles McConway about their efforts.
He says through its...
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Posted at 12:31pm Tuesday 26th Apr, 2011
 Astrophotographer John Drummond is in Tauranga to give a presentation on deep space photography.
He uses sophisticated cameras and computer technology to capture the images from far away and some of these will be viewable at the presentation.
John Drummond is giving a presentation on astrophotography in Tauranga.
Tauranga Astronomical Society president...
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Posted at 6:16pm Monday 11th Apr, 2011
 Tauranga based information technology business Pingar is launching two Chinese language portals for its data discovery software.
The launch of these language portals is today at the Hong Kong International ICT Expo.
Pingar CEO Peter Wren-Hilton says the data discovery software is ‘game changing’.
One portal is in traditional Chinese and...
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Posted at 2:07pm Wednesday 30th Mar, 2011
 Bethlehem residents Ali and Grant Boyles are the winners of an iPad from the iPad information day held by the Technology Centre and SunLive.
Ali says she was “jumping up and down” when she found out she had won the 16G WiFi iPad and was incredibly excited to receive it today.
Ali Boyles shows her new iPad for the camera with husband Grant...
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