2017’s already been identified by Vodafone as the year of data explosion, with Kiwis using more and more of it to stay up to date.

MEDIA RELEASE - Justin Bieber’s top pick for a support act - superstar international DJ Martin Garrix - is set to rock Auckland’s Studio this Friday in a fantastic mates-only pre-party for Vodafone customers.

OPINION PIECE - Kiri Coughlan works at Vodafone as an External Communications Manager.

There’s a tonne of hype around ultra-fast broadband (UFB). Many (myself included), are itching to get a taste of its extra capacity and speed. UFB became a very real prospect when Chorus signs popped up around my neighbourhood. The excitement was palpable. Soon men in fluoro vests were digging up streets. The neighbourhood was awash with anticipation. It didn't last. Chorus stopped laying fibre two houses either side of my place. Like other frustrated users, I won’t be able to add fibre to my online diet until 2018. It seemed that my own slice of gigabit goodness wasn’t meant to be. At least that was until Vodafone announced FibreX.

The future of the office is under debate this year, with opinions strongly divided over whether open plan and hot desking are the best way to work in 2017.

MEDIA RELEASE - Vodafone has teamed up with NEON to offer customers a 12 month subscription when they sign up to any Unlimited Broadband plan for a 12 or 24 month term.

MEDIA RELEASE - Vodafone today announced a major initiative designed to increase opportunities for women in the workplace.

MEDIA RELEASE - As the world becomes increasingly globalised, connectivity is playing a key part in letting Kiwi businesses offer their innovative products and services to the world.

When Kate Locke, Director at Next Technology, first thought about having ultra-fast broadband fibre installed, she initially put it in the too hard basket.

MEDIA RELEASE - As Vodafone marks the 10th anniversary of the world's leading mobile money service, M-Pesa, it was revealed that a record 614 million M-Pesa transactions were processed during December 2016.

Telecommunications companies Spark, Vodafone and Telstra have jointly invested USD $70 million to build the undersea Tasman Global Access (TGA) cable, connecting New Zealand to Australia.

In November last year Vodafone launched FibreX – the long anticipated technology upgrade to its cable-fibre network in Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch.

World renowned futurist Thomas Frey, (video above), has a way of making the most startling of glimpses into your near future seem rosy hued, even when he’s talking about your entire way of life changing.

When disaster strikes, there’s a special kind of person who races in when everyone else is trying to get away from the danger.

So much has been made about the future of the internet, and world renowned futurist Thomas Frey believes 5G may not be that far away.

This toolkit was produced for Vodafone Foundation by Dr Jane Pillinger, Independent Gender Expert

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On behalf of Vodafone, Futerra invited a group of leading futurists to reflect on what could go right, rather than what might go wrong.

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Telecommunications services have become a key staple of modern life. As consumers, we expect fast, ubiquitous access to networks that allows us to get on with our digitally-connected lives.

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