Media Announcement
5 December 2007
NZ Communications Ltd and Vodafone New Zealand Ltd sign roaming agreement
Vodafone New Zealand Ltd has signed an agreement to provide NZ Communications with national roaming services.
The agreement will enable NZ Communications to provide nationwide mobile services to its customers. When NZ
Communications customers travel outside the coverage of the new NZ Communications network, they will be able to
automatically roam on Vodafone's 2G GSM and GPRS network.
According to NZ Communications Chairman Bill Osborne signing the national roaming agreement indicates the commitment of
New Zealand Communications to be a provider of mobile telephone services in New Zealand.
”There is still much work to be done and agreement still has to be reached on detailed implementation plans around
roaming and co-location before NZ Communications can provide services to New Zealand consumers.
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”NZ Communications is targeting late next year for a start up date, but that is very dependent on the progress made on
the detailed implementation plans.”
CEO of Vodafone, Russell Stanners, says the announcement is another example of Vodafone providing commercial wholesale
solutions in the market place.
“There has been enormous interest from all quarters in ensuring there is a third player in the New Zealand mobile
market, NZ Communications and Vodafone have worked hard to put a commercial deal in place and we are now finalising
implementation plans to deliver the service”, says Stanners.
The service covers voice, SMS, and data and may be extended to include 3G and HSDPA at NZ Communications’ request.
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