Telecom NZ remains a government owned corporation with some retained privileges and consequential inefficiencies that have reduced its market share as competing networks have been authorized. Its closure of the CDMA2000 technology and introducing a 3G XT network involved customers exchanging handsets.

Headquarters: Wellington, New Zealand

Type of  wireless networks and frequencies Telecom NZ operates on:

• CDMA200
• 3G XT

Subscribers: 2 Million

Website: telecom.co.nz

Mobile equipment brands marketed by Telecom NZ:

• Blackberry
• Apple iPhone
• Sony Ericsson
• Samsung
• HTC
• Nokia
• LG
• Android
• Huawei
• Telecom

Countries around the world where the Telecom NZ brand is present:

• New Zealand