Stephen Bell

Wellington

The New Zealand Government has given telecommunications users plenty to chew on with its discussion paper towards reform of the Telecommunication Act 2001 released this month.

A bill likely to be introduced to New Zealand's Parliament early next year will clarify the legal status of evidence of an offense gained by hacking, as well as other evidence collected through illegal acts.

Nothing in the New Zealand government

New Zealand has been slow to move into the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in the supply chain, and is in danger of missing a crucial takeoff of the technology over the next year, says Peter Stevens, head of the local branch of the international article-numbering organization, EAN.

Australia

After seven months' negotiation since being declared "preferred" supplier, AT&T Corp. has finally signed a contract to provide combined international networking for three major New Zealand government agencies

After seven months negotiation since being declared "preferred" supplier, AT&T Corp. has finally signed a contract to provide combined international networking for three major New Zealand government agencies