Posts Tagged ‘Mike Reynolds’
Please terminate my high cell phone bill
Published by www.stuff.co.nz - Bill Ralston’s Media Scrum
By Bill Ralston | 25 June, 2009
Am I the only one who gets their mobile phone bill and emits a scream of rage every month?
I’m looking forward to seeing some good media analysis and commentary next week on the Commerce Commission’s draft report on mobile termination rates when it’s released. As a layman my understanding of the issue is limited and I would…
Tags: 2degrees, Mike Reynolds, stuff.co.nz
Telecom’s bully-boy tactics aimed at stifling mobile competition
AUCKLAND, May 25 2009
2degrees said today that Telecom’s continued refusal to interconnect with 2degrees’ proposed local calling service was blatantly anti-competitive and a clear abuse of Telecom’s significant market power.
2degrees would like to be able to offer local “Homezone” calling services over its new mobile network. Telecom’s refusal to interconnect effectively shuts 2degrees out of this market and is preventing much needed competition.
“This is a piece of aggressive, bullying behaviour…
Tags: Mike Reynolds, Telecom
2degrees CEO Mike Reynolds “Telecom price plans underwhelm”
AUCKLAND, May 28 2009
Mike Reynolds, the CEO of New Zealand’s third mobile phone network, 2degrees, is underwhelmed by the pricing plans unveiled by Telecom today for their new XT network.
“If I was a consumer I’d be asking: is that it….?” he said.
“The rates don’t look too dissimilar to what is currently being offered by Vodafone New Zealand, but they look very expensive to comparable plans offered overseas.
“In the United States,…
Tags: 2degrees, Mike Reynolds, Telecom
Telecom and Vodafone adds more cost to 2degrees’ network rollout
Published by Computerworld
By Juha Saarinen | 12 June, 2009
Not being able to co-locate its equipment in cellsites operated by Telecom and Vodafone has added roughly $30 million to the cost of 2 Degrees’ network rollout, CEO Mike Reynolds says.
Reynolds’ comments come after his company received a ticking off from the Commerce Commission over its failure to take regulatory obligations seriously and to make use of co-location.
The situation, Reynolds says, is a…
Tags: Computerworld, Juha Saarinen, Mike Reynolds
A new fighter in the phone-y war
Published by the Sunday Star Times
By Tim Hunter | 17 May 2009
The CEO of mobile phone company 2degrees is understandably reticent about his plans.
Launching the new brand in Auckland on Monday, Mike Reynolds politely ducked questions on pricing structures and marketing plans, citing the risk those heavyweight scrappers, Vodafone and Telecom, might land a punch even before the bell sounds for round one.
But though the three-way fight is much anticipated,…
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