From New Zealand Connections

NZ Communications (Econet Wireless) is a diversified telecommunications group with operations in nine countries in Africa, Europe and the East Asia Pacific Rim, offering products and services in the core areas of mobile and fixed telephony services, internet and satellite. The group is headquartered in South Africa and runs each operation as a stand-alone entity with full local board and management control. Econet currently has operations and offices in Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, the UK and Zimbabwe.

Contents 1 Background 2 Services provided by NZ Communications 3 Plans available 4 External links

Background

New Zealand mobile start-up NZ Communications (Econet Wireless NZ) has signed its second major deal in as many days, inking a contract to buy a chunk of radio spectrum from Telecom New Zealand. According to the New Zealand Herald, the newcomer has struck a deal to acquire a 5MHz block of spectrum from Telecom, suitable for the provision of mobile services. The announcement comes a day after NZ Communications announced it had signed a national roaming agreement with Vodafone New Zealand enabling future customers to get coverage in areas where it has no mobile network of its own. NZ Communications plan to launch a third mobile network, beginning in the three main urban centres of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, the paper said.

Services provided by NZ Communications

Plans available

ADSL plans
Plan name Price with tolls Price without tolls Plan allowance Excess charges Connection Fee Other features/restrictions $0 $0

External links

• Econet Wireless International