Telecom has brought forward the timing of the wholesaling of its new 3G mobile network by nearly a year.
Telecom Wholesale general manager of marketing Nick Clarke said demand from retailers was behind the move to the earlier wholesaling of the WCDMA 850 mobile network.
Wholesaling of the network, which Telecom had been selling to its own customers since May under the XT brand, would start by mid-2010.
Since March, Telecom Wholesale had been running a pilot of a CDMA-based mobile virtual network operator product with Digital Island, which provides telecommunications services to businesses.
That had provided invaluable insight that would help with the development of a WCDMA-based product, Mr Clarke said.
Digital Island general manager Blair Stewart said the company was looking at piloting some of its customers on the new mobile network in April 2010, and moving to a full service within two months.
