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2degrees introduces the world’s first Te Reo Maori smartphone
2degrees announced the first Te Reo Māori smartphone today at the Te Huarahi Tika Trust annual general meeting.
Māori Affairs Minister, Dr Pita Sharples, took the first call on the Huawei Android smartphone from Te Huarahi Tika Trust Chair Daphne Luke this afternoon.
2degrees worked closely with handset manufacturer, Huawei, to translate all of the menus in its IDEOS X3 smartphone to Te Reo Māori.
2degrees Director and Hautaki Trust Board member Bill…
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Hei Rere Mai - Maori careers in telecommunications
2degrees and its founding shareholder, the Hautaki Trust, have launched Hei Rere Mai (‘So You Can Fly’), a programme to increase Māori participation in the telecommunications industry.
Announced by Māori Affairs Minister, Hon. Dr Pita Sharples, the three-stage programme involves career advice, paid scholarships and careers for Māori.
Hei Rere Mai is:
· Career advice: Māori students in their last years of high school study will be provided with career advice by Accelerating Aotearoa, a…
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200,000 New Zealanders take their numbers to 2degrees
The groundswell of New Zealanders taking their whole mobile number to 2degrees – even the 021 or 027 bit – has reached a new high: 200,000 New Zealanders have now ported their number to 2degrees since it launched two years ago.
Eric Hertz, 2degrees CEO, says it is clear that a mobile number no longer belongs to the network, it belongs to the customer.
“We understand that a customer’s mobile number is…
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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.
Our…
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Eric Hertz
Mike Goss
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