MyRepublic launch: NZ's First Fibre Only Broadband Provider

MYREPUBLIC LAUNCHES WITH FREE 3-MONTH FIBRE BROADBAND TRIAL

SET TO TRANSFORM NZ AS FIRST NATIONWIDE FIBRE ONLY BROADBAND PROVIDER

Auckland, New Zealand, 09 October 2014 – Committed to maximising the benefits of New Zealand’s Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) infrastructure, fibre-only provider MyRepublic is inviting all homes across New Zealand to experience its 100Mbps unlimited fibre broadband service for 3 months for free to customers who sign up or register before 15 November 2014.

This first-of-its-kind, limited-time offer will be available via our website from Sunday, 12 October 2014 to residents across New Zealand [Service currently provided in 30 of 33 UFB-ready cities and towns, with Whangarei, Levin and Greymouth to be served in the near future.] with a UFB fibre-ready residential address. MyRepublic has partnered with New Zealand’s premier distributor, Exeed, to enable consumers and businesses to sign up via retail stores and system integrators along the length and breadth of the country.

MyRepublic is also unleashing the potential of the UFB for businesses, launching unlimited data business fibre broadband plans from $199 a month for 100Mbps.

No stranger to disrupting the status quo, MyRepublic’s launch in Singapore 3 years ago was soon followed by similar fibre broadband offers from other incumbent players in the Singapore telecommunications market.

Earlier this year, MyRepublic in Singapore became the first operator in South-East Asia to offer consumer fibre broadband plans of 1 Gigabit per second (1Gbps) at mass market prices -- a move that has made that nation’s internet access one of the fastest and most affordable in the world.

Now in New Zealand, MyRepublic looks to achieve the same.

While the UFB has been implemented for some time, a majority of Kiwis have yet to experience Ultra- Fast Broadband, or witness the transformation of New Zealand into an intelligent nation contributing to the global economy powered by world-class internet connectivity.

According to Vaughan Baker, MyRepublic NZ Managing Director, “MyRepublic is purpose-built to unleash the potential of the UFB. We engineer the network using its unique capabilities to provide the best online streaming and gaming experience possible. Nobody else is doing that. By leveraging the UFB, we’re actually able to customise the internet experience for each and every customer."

Beyond ultra-fast internet access, MyRepublic’s PURE and GAMER fibre broadband consumer plans provide a customised, enhanced level of service that goes far beyond what is possible on older technologies such as ADSL, VDSL or Cable.

The PURE plan, for example, is ideal for today’s internet user who enjoys streaming online content. The MyRepublic network is specially designed such that video streaming data is given top priority, protecting it from long buffering times during peak periods of heavy network usage.

Meanwhile, on MyRepublic’s GAMER plan, gaming data is given that added layer of protection, a selling point for online gamers who value low and stable latency.

Also available as a service is Fibre TV, a MyRepublic video streaming service that builds on the UFB’s massive potential as a prime driver of over-the-top (OTT) content. With Fibre TV, customers are offered easy access and premium connectivity to a variety of online TV channels and entertainment content libraries locally and from across the globe.

Hugely popular streaming providers Netflix, Hulu, BBC iPlayer and Pandora Internet Radio are some of the websites that have been optimised for viewing with MyRepublic Fibre TV.

According to Baker, “An increasing number of consumers are getting their entertainment from online sources. They’re discarding their set-top box and traditional TV viewing habits for over-the-top content delivery that allows them to only pay for the content they want to watch."

“Today many consumers access global OTT content via cumbersome VPN technology, MyRepublic’s Fibre TV manages the VPN interface in the cloud, delivering seamless access without the need for configuration by the end user. Multiple devices can access multiple sites simultaneously."

Finally New Zealanders can watch what they want, when they want to, on any device they want.

MyRepublic is committed to delivery of the UFB promise to its full potential.

About MyRepublic

MyRepublic is purpose-built for the ultra-fast national broadband platforms available in Singapore and New Zealand. MyRepublic was founded to challenge outdated incumbent attitudes on the importance of customer experience, products and pricing. Whether it concerns service reliability or superior support, MyRepublic looks to do things differently if it means doing it better, empowering consumers with greater choice and control over their online experience.

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