Government announces investment in rural broadband capacity

摘要

The New Zealand government has announced new investment in rural broadband network capacity, which it hopes will 'help lift the development and wellbeing of isolated communities as New Zealand's economy recovers from COVID-19'. Up to NZD15 million (US$9.06 million) in savings from the Ultra-Fast Broadband Initiative (UFB) initiative has been allocated to upgrade existing rural mobile towers, improve wireless backhaul between remote sites and central networks, and install external antennae to households to improve coverage.