Shares of telecommunications infrastructure owner Chorus bounced 5.9 percent when trading opened on the NZX this morning after Communications Minister Amy Adams announced a new way forward on the vexed issue of regulated pricing for copper network services. By mid-morning, Chorus shares were at $3.07, above their listing price of $2.94 in November 2011 for the first time since March. …
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MARKET CLOSE NZ shares rise; F and P Healthcare up on ResMed, Fletcher, Chorus gain
New Zealand shares rose as Fisher & Paykel Healthcare benefited from a rival’s record earnings and investors pushed up market leaders Fletcher Building, Chorus and Telecom. The NZX Index rose 37.124 points, or 0.8 percent, to 4582.891. Within the index, 22 stocks rose, 12 fell and 16 were unchanged. Turnover was $100.9 million. F&P Healthcare rose 2.6 percent to $3.62 …
Read More »Broadband policy faces probability of repeated political intervention
The regime governing New Zealand’s ultra-fast broadband roll-out risks “the real probability of repeated political intervention as those in public office exercise their legislated powers to safeguard taxpayer investments and secure their political objectives.” That warning comes in a briefing paper from Victoria University’s Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation, which is convening a day-long seminar to probe …
Read More »Chorus cops 13 percent of $50 mln telecommunications levy
Chorus, the network operator spun out of Telecom, will have to stump up $6.4 million for its share of the annual levy to fund commercially non-viable telecommunications services after raising concerns about its ability to recoup the cost. The Commerce Commission today set how much each of the 26 providers fingered will have to pay towards the Telecommunications Development Levy …
Read More »Sell Chorus, says Deutsche Bank, as regulatory risk multiplies
Telecommunications network owner Chorus faces too much regulatory risk and too little political will to overcome the cost blow-outs and pricing uncertainties under contracts to roll out the ultra-fast broadband network, say analysts for Deutsche Bank. In a 33 page report, the local branch of the global investment bank puts a “sell” recommendation on Chorus shares, targeting a share price …
Read More »Chorus lifts broadband connections in March quarter, fixed line connections edge down
Chorus, the telecommunications network operator carved out of Telecom, lifted its number of broadband connections in the first three months of the year, even as its fixed-line connections edged lower. The Wellington-based company increased its total broadband connections to 1.09 million in the three months ended March 31 from 1.08 million at the start of the quarter, with its biggest …
Read More »Chorus lifts broadband connections in March quarter, fixed line connections edge down
Chorus, the telecommunications network operator carved out of Telecom, lifted its number of broadband connections in the first three months of the year, even as its fixed-line connections edged lower. The Wellington-based company increased its total broadband connections to 1.09 million in the three months ended March 31 from 1.08 million at the start of the quarter, with its biggest …
Read More »Chorus signs UFB build contracts; Govt to change security laws
Chorus, the telecommunications network operator spun out of Telecom, has signed contracts with Visionstream and Downer worth some $1 billion for those firms to build the nation’s ultrafast broadband network, and is still in talks with Transfield Services. The Wellington-based company inked two contracts each worth some $500 million over the next six years and include extra amounts for Downer …
Read More »Telecom ekes out gain in 1H underlying earnings as mobile props up dwindling sales
Telecom Corp, the country’s biggest phone company, eked out a 3.7 percent lift in first-half underlying earnings as revenue from its mobile business propped up otherwise disappointing sales. Stripping out one-off items from the Chorus demerger a year earlier, adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation rose to $506 million in in the six months ended Dec. 31 from …
Read More »Chorus shares jump 12 percent after Adams shunts out price review until 2015
Shares in telecommunications network operator Chorus jumped 12 percent after Communications Minister Amy Adams shunted out threatened price controls until the end of 2015 in a reprieve for the taxpayer-subsidised investors in the national fibre network. spy app for android The stock climbed to $3.20 in early trading on the NZX on turnover of $3.2 million from $2.86, recovering much …
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