Read more: Slingshot opens up access to global video streaming services Free Wi-Fi is their lifeblood outside of their home and work. “In this market what we have been told by the telcos is that a lot of people are on prepaid plans, and they are on low volume 3G, 4G plans. Speaking to Computerworld NZ Simms elaborated on the evolution of Wi-Fi connectivity in the country, and the prospect of ubiquitous Wi-Fi provisioning outside the home and work place. Our next round is likely to be completed by the end of October this year,” Simms adds.Ĭalling NZ the Silicon Valley of the South Pacific, Simms believes that ICT firms in the country are attracting a lot more capital and the next few years will see more money flowing in from offshore, especially Australia. From there we will be looking at other offshore markets to fund us. “We are currently doing some funding rounds out of Australia. Read more 2Degrees goes live with 4G in central Auckland But primarily all of our main stuff will come out of here. “We will probably be also looking at replicating some of that stuff up in the US, as well. He says the R&D hub and product centre of excellence will remain in New Zealand. We will be basing people under centres of excellence where our global distributor partners and our partner customers are going to be, and they would be doing mostly sales, provisioning and support. We have essentially got our plan very well mapped out for the next 18 months where we are going to go with the team sizing.

“Our teams are going to grow considerably. It is also looking to confirm a global distributor by the end of the year. The company, which is currently providing managed services to customers in more than 108 countries, is also on an aggressive growth path that will see it double its staff strength in the next 18 months, and tap into global capital to back it up. There are many other partners out there that want to look at this software platform we have got and how it works,' says Simms. 'It is more 'if' we launch it, rather than 'when'. The launch of a full service, however, is dependent on several factors and Tomizone is currently working with Skype to look into the possibility of a partnership. So obviously the acceptance of the brand, of Skype and Tomizone, to run a free Wi-Fi service exists,' says Simms. 'We would have been happy if a small percentage of them downloaded the Skype Wi-Fi app, and we have exceed that.

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