Broadband company Chorus is celebrating an endorsement from the Infrastructure Commission for its planed extension.
Chorus seeks to extend its ultrafast broadband network to another 160,000 homes and businesses at a cost of between $2.5 billion and $3 billion.
Chorus CEO Mark Aue says now is the time to boost New Zealand's rural communities.
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