Vodafone New Zealand and Pacific Fibre today announced that they have signed a multi-million dollar agreement for the supply of international bandwidth on the new Pacific Fibre cable system.
Under the 10-year deal, Vodafone will become Pacific Fibre's biggest New Zealand customer.
Pacific Fibre's undersea cable system will connect Australia
to New Zealand, then to the USA and will be launched in early 2014.
Vodafone CEO Russell Stanners said Pacific Fibre was bringing much needed competition to the international bandwidth market.
"By partnering with an innovative, entrepreneurial business such as Pacific Fibre, we're helping to break down the digital divide between New Zealand and the rest of the world.
