Telecom NZ legacy CDMA network failed again

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A day after the announcement of NZ$5 million ($3.44 million) compensation package for customers affected by a prolonged network outage of 3G network, Telecom New Zealand’s legacy CDMA network again failed.

Currently, TNZ is reeling in the wake of the failure of its high-profile W-CDMA 850 service XT.  Late last week, around 32 base stations on the Alcatel-Lucent built network went down.

This is the second outage of the Alcatel-Lucent supplied 3G network south of Taupo; in mid-December, the network also went down.

Meanwhile, rival TelstraClear launched its 3G service, which piggy backs of Vodafone’s WCDMA network, for business customers amid Telecom’s XT network woes.