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Telecom enter the iPhone market with SIM-only offer
Telecom’s new XT Network, a 100% 3G network operating at 850Mhz in 97% of the places that New Zealanders live, work and play, was practically built to support the iPhone. It’s specs match the Jesus...
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TIP: Telecom XT carrier bundle – 3.1.3 Only
Here are the files you need if you want to optimise your experience on the XT Network. The iPhone will work on XT without these however it makes life easier. Please note that these files are for...
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TIP: XT wallpapers
Hey folks, Just in case any of you XT users want them, here are a couple of the stock wallpapers found on the new XT handsets. I’m sure you know how to add them as wallpapers but just in case….Read...
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Prepay Comparison Table
In the interests of easier comparison of New Zealand’s now three mobile networks, iPhonewzealand user Ahmad has created a table which should allow deciphering of the mobile plans to be easier than the...
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Warning for XT and 2degrees users: iPhone OS 3.1 disables tethering
A quick heads-up. The new OS 3.1, launched this morning, will break tethering for XT and 2degrees users. Do not download it if you require tethering, but go right ahead and update if you don’t. What’s...
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Issues with your carrier logo after jailbreak?
As you may be aware we don’t support jailbreaking here at iPhonezealand so you may be asking why we are posting about this? Well we do support our Carrier Bundles and a number of people have been...
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XT Network “having some issues” south of Taupo
Got no service on your iPhone this morning? Telecom has tweeted confirmation this morning that they are aware of issues that are affecting areas south of Taupo and that engineers are working to restore...
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Telecom XT down, again.
As if once wasn’t enough, it appears Telecom’s new XT mobile network is experiencing more downtime. Outages have been reported in Wellington, Christchurch, Oamaru and Dunedin. Read More © Mak for...
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An apology from Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds
Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds announced today that in addition to capacity and design improvements already being worked on, he has commissioned an independent review on the XT network.Read More © Dan for...
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XT compensation to be announced today
Dr Paul Reynolds, CEO of Telecom New Zealand, will front media and staff today with a finalised announcement for XT compensation. Read More © Mak for iPhonewzealand, 02/02/2010. No comment Post tags:...
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Goodwill gesture announced for XT outage
After the major outage suffered by XT users last week (27th Jan-30th Jan), Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds has this morning announced the compensation ‘Goodwill gesture’ they will be offering customers that...
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Tethering for XT and 2degrees is BACK! (Properly this time)!
Well folks, we have done it! You can now Tether on 3.1.3 with our carrier bundles for XT and 2degrees again! Happy times!! Finally all the users waiting to update to the latest firmware but couldn’t...
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Telecom CTO, Frank Mount Resigns in the midst of XT outages
After all the issues with XT and with Alcatel-Lucent’s Head of New Zealand Business resigning is it just coincidence that Frank Mount, Telecom CTO, has just resigned? Read More © Dan for...
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Paul Reynolds: “Enough is enough”, Alcatel-Lucent put on notice.
Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds has fronted-up to journalists at a press conference this afternoon over last night’s further XT outage, and the situation as a whole. He said that the company recognises the...
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XT *Still* Faster in More Dunedin Places for iPhone 3G (March 2010 Update)
iPhonewzealand and Geekzone user Ahmad has repeated his speed tests he did last year in Dunedin using the iPhone on XT and Vodafone. Data speeds on the iPhone, between Vodafone and XT, are a much...
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Telecom XT to get Micro SIMs
Telecom have announced via Twitter that they are soon to support the new Micro SIM standard. This means that the upcoming 3G iPad and unconfirmed ‘iPhone 4G’ will be compatible with Telecom’s XT...
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iPad 3G settings on XT and MicroSIM template
So we finally got our hands on an iPad 3G, we are still waiting for ours to arrive, and we can now give you the details of setting it up to use on XT and how to create your very own MicroSIM. Read on...
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Two new Telecom XT MVNOs join the business market
Earlier in the year we reported that Digital Island was the first MVNO to sign with Telecom to use their now-wholesaled XT network. Today, two more contenders join the market as Mobile Virtual Network...
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XT Relaunched with 30-day risk free trial, Reynolds says “bugger!” [video]
After all of the outages on XT, Telecom have now relaunched their advertising campaign for XT which has been fronted by Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds. They have also launched a “customer-friendly 30 day...
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Telecom SIMs to be updated, will enable voicemail button on iPhone
When iOS 4 was released to developers in beta form, the first thing we did was get to work on getting our bundles to work. Unfortunately, as you may have heard, we were unsuccessful and it meant that...
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Three new Mobile Broadband plans from Telecom, available today
Telecom have quietly rolled out three new Mobile Broadband plans today. This is not just an announcement to announce the announcement, these are available from today and for the heavy mobile data user...
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XT MicroSIMs available from Monday 26th July! UPDATE:
For all those that have been holding out for your Telecom XT MicroSIM, as of Monday you will wait no more. We have just received confirmation from Telecom that the MicroSIMs will be available from...
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Telecom: “We’re ready for iPhone 4 users”, new Smartphone Extra plan launched
Well, it seems like everybody is making iPhone announcements today except Vodafone. Telecom have just announced that it’s “ready for iPhone 4 users” and has introduced a new ‘Smartphone Extra’ plan...
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Voicemail button on iPhone and XT with a V3 SIM/MicroSIM
Those of you that have got your iPhone 4 today and have decided to take it across to Telecom maybe wondering why your voicemail button isn’t working even though you have a V3 SIM or a MicroSIM. Hit the...
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FaceTime: How it works with XT, Vodafone, 2degrees and Ported Numbers
This is an update to the FaceTime not working on XT issue we brought you just over a week ago. For the most part it is good news. Hit the read more to find out whether XT have fixed the issues...
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XT MicroSIMs back in stock, now include airtime (for a limited time)
When XT first launched their MicroSIMs they had very limited stock, in fact so much so that they sold out very quickly. Then along came 2degrees with their MicroSIMs who seem to have plenty of stock...
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Ask iPhonewzealand: How do I top-up or manage my prepaid Telecom connection...
As we’ve seen again and again, despite not being an “official” Apple carrier, Telecom’s XT network is arguably the network of choice for performance. However, when it comes to the iPad there are some...
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XT October Special: Buy a Prepaid XT MicroSIM card and get 1.5GB of data
That’s right 1.5GB of data for $29.95…. You may remember back in August we let you know that when purchasing a Prepaid XT MicroSIM for $29.95 you would get $29.95 worth of data included (XT’s 500MB...
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Switch to XT and get double minutes, data or an account credit
With Christmas just about upon us, now is the traditional time that the Telcos go hard out to get your business and these two three new promos from Telecom could just see them gaining some much loved...
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How does $600 for bringing your iPhone to XT sound?
Telecom let New Zealanders know by way of a tweet this morning that that due to popular demand the offer of a $600 account credit to bring your iPhone to XT offer has returned.Read More © Bodisaffa for...
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Telecom: unable to get money-making deal with Apple
Tonight at the Telecom New Zealand Retail Consumer Summit, Telecom have openly explained why they do not (yet) carry the iPhone: they can’t get agree on a deal with Apple that will “enable them to make...
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XT’s bonus top up credit ends, everything’s gonna be 33% more
Since the 13th October 2009 any Telecom XT prepaid mobile customer that topped up would receive an additional bonus credit depending on how much you topped up. That bonus credit equated to around 33%...
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iPad 2 offers capability parity between Vodafone and XT
Well look what we found in the tech specs. It turns out the new iPad 2 is going to bring the big red and the big blue into parallel on their networks. Why? Quad Band 3G. Read More © Dan for...
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iPad 2 Quick Hands On
America. Land of hope, Land of opportunity, and land of the iPad 2. The latter of these 3 is in extremely short supply at the moment. With online orders now showing a 4 to 5 week delivery time and...
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App Review: Quota
Most people have heard of Consume by now, in fact we did a review of it when it first came out. It has become the industry standard usage app for the iOS. However Bjango has not updated it for sometime...
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Finally!! Telecom to get the iPhone 4S!
Finally after much will-they-won’t-they and then the whole website-links-coming-and-going thing, Telecom have finally stepped up and announced that they will indeed be offering the iPhone (all...
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Details for Telecom’s iPhone 4S launch parties [poll] [launch-pics]
With less than 24 hours to go we thought we’d make sure you know what is happening for the launch parties (yes, parties!) Telecom will be hosting at 12:01am and what happens if you are not in a “main...
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#4SonXT Launch parties how did they go? [video] [gallery]
As you may or may not have heard Telecom threw a couple of launch events last night to celebrate getting the iPhone 4S. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch seemed to get the queues whilst Dunedin...
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