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Calls to these lines are routed via an exchange in Auckland, New Zealand. Until 2006, the only telephones on Pitcairn were a few Inmarsat Mini M satellite terminals, [5] [6] including a public payphone, a control room phone, and a fax device. [7] (These have been retained in case the main phone service fails or is unavailable.)
New Zealand landline phone numbers have a total of eight digits, excluding the leading 0: a one-digit area code, and a seven-digit phone number (e.g. 09 700 1234), beginning with a digit between 2 and 9 (but excluding 900, 911, and 999 due to misdial guards). There are five regional area codes: 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9.
New Zealand's telephone numbering plan divides the country into a large number of local calling areas. When dialling, if you wish to call a person in another local calling area, you must dial the trunk prefix followed by the area code. Below is a list of New Zealand local calling areas.
The following is a list of free-to-air DVB satellite services [10] available in New Zealand. Most New Zealand homes already have a standard 60 cm satellite dish fitted which can pick up most of these channels, as these are also used (or have been used in the past) to pick up free-to-air and pay New Zealand television channels from Optus D1 (and ...
NZPO (Later Telecom New Zealand) provided HF voice & telex links to New Zealand until commissioning of Satellite Earth Station in 1992 - ZLQ still used for local, deep field & back up intercontinental HF SSB communications ZLW Wellington Radio: 26 July 1911 – 30 September 1993 [13] NZW until 5 July 1912, then VLW until 31 December 1928 ZLX, ZLZ
The 10-meter band is a portion of the shortwave radio spectrum internationally allocated to amateur radio and amateur satellite use on a primary basis. The band consists of frequencies stretching from 28.000 to 29.700 MHz.
Telecom previously made phone cards, which had various designs such as New Zealand plants and birds. They were a fad for collectors; some cards would sell for up to $14,000. [ 29 ] Telecom phased these out completely in 1999, [ 30 ] which caused prices of phone cards price to drop significantly.
As of May 2012, there are currently two certified MyFreeview Satellite receivers available, which are from the New Zealand-based Dish TV company. MHEG-5 is used exclusively for a full 8-day terrestrial broadcast schedule as Freeview do not fully populate the DVB EIT EPG, this means there are few uncertified terrestrial receivers on the market ...