By JANES, Andrew NEW Auckland Mayor John Banks has described the process of bringing a big new investor to Auckland airport as a dog's breakfast. Infratil, which controls a 6.2 per cent stake in the airport, said last week that the process had lacked transparency.

STATED-OWNED enterprise Kordia is set to announce its own network of WiFi hotspots, taking it further into competition with privately owned telcos that provide wireless Internet connections to customers such as Telecom, Citylink and Callplus.

By JANES, Andrew AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL has shed some light on the possible outcome of the Auckland International Airport ownership talks, outlining options for its 12.75 per cent stake.

By PULLAR-STRECKER Tom WELLINGTON telcos CityLink and NZ Wireless are considering whether to put their hand up to build a huge Wi-Fi network in Auckland, but both are sceptical the initiative by Auckland City Council would have enough in it for them.

AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL hopes to commission a wireless broadband network that residents and visitors could use to log on to the Internet. A request for information issued to would-be suppliers said the Wi-Fi network would cover outdoor public spaces in the cbd and on its fringes by 2010.