NationMaster - Encyclopedia: TelstraClear InHomeTV

TelstraClear is New Zealand's second largest full-service telecommunications company.

The company provides business telephony and data services, and toll-bypass services. The company also provides line rental services, internet services, cable TV/cable modem and also mobile telephone services in New Zealand with 62,000 subscribers on its network in three areas (Wellington, Christchurch and Kapiti).

In 2004 TelstraClear began offering residential line service outside those areas where it has its own network, reselling a wholesale product from Telecom New Zealand. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Telecom New Zealand NZX: TEL ASX: TEL NYSE: NZT is a Wellington-based telephone company run as a publicly-traded private company since 1990. ...

History

Telstra New Zealand was set up in 1996 by Telstra as part of Telstra's international expansion. Competing with both Saturn Communications and Clear Communications Telstra New Zealand initially focused on providing services to top tier international organisations who were already Telstra clients in Australia in the same way that Telecom New Zealand Australia, an Australian subsidiary of Telecom New Zealand currently does for New Zealand based customers in Australia. Telstra Corporation (ASX: TLS, NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications company under private ownership, holding a dominant position in landline telephone services, large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access and Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite and ADSL services... Saturn Communications was a company based in Petone in the Hutt Valley that built and operated a cable television and telephone services in and around Wellington and then later in Christchurch. ... Clear Communications was a telecommunications company based in New Zealand. ... Telecom New Zealand NZX: TEL ASX: TEL NYSE: NZT is a Wellington-based telephone company run as a publicly-traded private company since 1990. ...

Telstra slowly expanded its operations in the business market bundling Telecom New Zealand services distributed as a reseller with its own network services. It installed a switch in Auckland to manage incoming and outgoing international traffic and maintained an interconnect agreement with Telecom New Zealand and is likely to have had others with companies such as Clear Communications. Clear Communications was a telecommunications company based in New Zealand. ...

In 2000 Saturn Communications was sold by its parent company, Austar United Communications, to a new joint venture with Telstra entity that became known as TelstraSaturn. An Austar Remote Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. ...

TelstraClear was then created by the merger of Telstra's operations in New Zealand TelstraSaturn Limited and Clear Communications in 2001. Austar United Communications held an initial investment of 42% in TelstraClear before selling it back to Telstra. Telstra Corporation (ASX: TLS, NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications company under private ownership, holding a dominant position in landline telephone services, large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access and Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite and ADSL services... Clear Communications was a telecommunications company based in New Zealand. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Austar Remote Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. ... Telstra Corporation (ASX: TLS, NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications company under private ownership, holding a dominant position in landline telephone services, large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access and Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite and ADSL services...

Services

Subscription Television (InHomeTV)

TelstraClear operates the Hybrid Fibre Cable pay television network developed by Saturn Communications in Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch, prior to the sale to Telstra. The network infrastructure includes twisted pair cabling used for residential and business local telephone service. Hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) is a telecommunications industry term for a network which incorporates both optical fiber along with coaxial cable to create a broadband network. ... Saturn Communications was a company based in Petone in the Hutt Valley that built and operated a cable television and telephone services in and around Wellington and then later in Christchurch. ... For other uses, see Wellington (disambiguation). ... Kapiti can refer to: Kapiti Island, a small island a short distance off the New Zealand coast north of Wellington. ... Christchurch is the regional capital of Canterbury, New Zealand. ...

Programming is now managed by Sky Communications following an agreement that saw TelstraClear move out of the role of sourcing developing a competitive pay television offering. The agreement allowed TelstraClear to distribute and bill for services provided by Sky on its own Direct to Home satellite service and TelstraSaturn's cable network.

InHomeTV is available on TelstraClear's Cable network in Wellington, Christchurch and Kapiti. The service is not available by itself, it must be bundled with TelstraClear's Telephony service.

Channel Lineup

This lists all current digital and analouge channels. Channel numbers were changed March, 2007.

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Radio Stations

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Interactive Services

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Chilli (an adult channel) was also available until 2004 when CEO Alan Freeth discontiuned the product on moral grounds. (Source TelstraClear staff memo)

The following analogue channels are unofficially available without needing decryption:

POTS Telephone Services

1.Through TelstraClear directly within the areas covered by its own network, that is parts of Kapiti, Wellington and Christchurch. 2.Through a resale agreement with Telecom New Zealand for the rest of the country.

Business telephone services are offered across the country, either on Telstraclears own network in Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Napier, Palmerston North, Whanganui, Kapiti, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Services are offered in the rest of the country via a resale agreement with Telecom.

Internet

TelstraClear owns two ISP's, Paradise.net and Clear Net. Both offer nationwide dialup and DSL service, and cable modem internet access within TelstraClear's own (built) network. Outside of this network, connections are resold over Telecom's DSL lines. TelstraClears Paradise. ...

Technical information

TelstraClear currently does not operate their own mobile network, they instead use Vodafone's network for cellphones which means their customers will actually be using the Vodafone New Zealand network.However a new service being launched in Tauranga, called "Unplugged" http://www.telstraclear.co.nz/unplugged/ will enable users to use cell phones and have broadband over a completely wireless solution.

External links

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