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2degrees mobile service in Canterbury - update
Media Statement: 14 June
The 2degrees network in the Canterbury region continues to operate well following yesterday’s aftershocks and service has now been fully restored.
Generators have been deployed and all sites that were down this morning due to mains power loss have now been restored.
Our thoughts remain with the people of Canterbury.
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2degrees mobile service in Canterbury - update
Media Statement: 14 June
The 2degrees network in the Canterbury region continues to operate well following yesterday’s aftershocks.
Due to widespread mains power loss, three sites are currently out of service, affecting coverage in some areas. Yesterday, these sites switched seamlessly to battery power but those batteries have been run down over night. We are working to restore these sites by deploying generators, and should have service fully restored early this afternoon.
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2degrees network operating well after aftershocks
Media Statement: 13 June
The 2degrees network continued to operate after today’s big aftershocks.
No sites are out of service.
The 2degrees network in Canterbury experienced some minor congestion for a short period of time after each aftershock.
Our thoughts are with the people of Canterbury.
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2degrees Christchurch network restored
The 2degrees Christchurch network has been restored and the company is meeting the needs of its customers.
Chief Executive Eric Hertz says service is now available throughout the city.
“Our network in Christchurch is operating, including full 2G and 3G services, and we’re meeting the needs of our customers,” he says.
“We’re not experiencing any network congestion and we’re dealing with traffic well,” says Mr Hertz.
The company has sufficient back-up power supplies and…
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2degrees invests in network and future growth
2degrees to invest more than $100m in network over the next two years, following agreement with global telecommunications provider Huawei.
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