Telecommunications Act 2001: List of Operators

[ Last Updated 14 November 2006 ]

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Network Operators
Registered International Operators

Network Operators

(made pursuant to the Telecommunications Act 1987 and the Telecommunications Act 2001)

	Effective
Telecom New Zealand Limited [link to Telecom website]	April 1989
Civic Enterprises Limited	November 1989
Sky Network Television Limited	May 1990
Kordia Limited	November 1990
Pacificom Limited	March 1992
Trans Power New Zealand Limited	August 1992
New Zealand Rail Limited	March 1993
Barryvision Limited	May 1995
Far North Cable TV Limited	May 1995
Superway New Zealand Limited	September 1995
Bay Satellite TV Limited	October 1995
Telsat Transmission Limited	January 1996
Tauranga Television Services Limited	January 1996
Family Television Network Limited	June 1996
Defcon Corporation Limited	July 1996
CityLink Limited [link to CityLink website]	July 1996
Satnet (NZ) Limited	August 1996
Concept Electronics Limited	August 1996
Satcom (NZ) Limited.	November 1996
Taupo CableVision Inc Limited	November 1996
Mainland Television Limited	April 1997
Globalstar New Zealand Limited	April 1997
University of Canterbury	February 1998
Auckland Independent Television Services Limited	September 1998
Orbitel Communications Limited	September 1998
The Internet Group Limited [link to IHUG website]	December 1998
Vodafone New Zealand Limited [link to Vodafone website]	August 1999
Vector Communications Limited	October 2000
PowerCo Limited	June 2001
TeamTalk Limited	October 2001
TelstraClear Limited [link to TelstraClear website]	December 2001
NZ Communications Ltd (formerly Econet Wireless New Zealand Limited)	March 2002
Independent Networks Limited	June 2002
University of Auckland	July 2002
Counties Power Limited	May 2002
Woosh Wireless	October 2002
FX Networks Limited	October 2003
Inspired Networks Limited	October 2003
ThePacific.Net Limited [link to ThePacific.Net website]	September 2004
NetSmart Limited [link to NetSmart website]	June 2005
Network Tasman Limited	August 2005
Smartlinx 3 Limited	September 2005
Compass Communications Limited	December 2005
Airnet NZ Limited	October 2006
Christchurch City Networks Limited	August 2007
Northpower Limited	March 2008
Auckland University of Technology [link to AUT website]	July 2008
Hamilton Fibre Network Limited	August 2008
Velocity Networks Limited [link to Velocity Networks website]	August 2008

Registered International Operators

The Telecommunications Act 2001 repealed the previous requirement for international operators to register with the Ministry of Economic Development.

The last valid list has been archived and is kept for information purposes only.