Telecom NZ takes it easy with 3G rollout date

date: June 19, 2001

Telecom NZ said on Tuesday that it has no immediate plans to follow its Australian mobile partner, Hutchison, with a 3G network in New Zealand in responds to Hutchison's contracted with Ericcson to build a 3G wireless network in Australia.

Telecom NZ spokeswoman Linda Sanders said a similar contract was not in the immediate future here as the company believed it could offer most of the 3G services using the second generation CDMA network it was launching.

And added that an add-on to CDMA, known as 1XRTT, is expected to provide comparable or better data and internet services than those that will be offered over rival Vodafone's new 2.5G GPRS network.

No decision had been made to roll out 3G services in New Zealand, but Ms Sanders said it was "definitely on our radar screen."

Telecom NZ had previously said it would embark on 3G if competitor Vodafone did.

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