Telecom has brought forward the timing of the wholesaling of
its new 3G mobile network by nearly a year.
Telecom Wholesale general manager of marketing Nick Clarke
said demand from retailers was behind the move to the earlier
wholesaling of the WCDMA 850 mobile network.
Wholesaling of the network, which Telecom had been selling to
its own customers since May under the XT brand, would start
by mid-2010.
Since March, Telecom Wholesale had been running a pilot of a
CDMA-based mobile virtual network operator product with
Digital Island, which provides telecommunications services to
businesses.
That had provided invaluable insight that would help with the
development of a WCDMA-based product, Mr Clarke said.
Digital Island general manager Blair Stewart said the company
was looking at piloting some of its customers on the new
mobile network in April 2010, and moving to a full service
within two months.
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