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In the first part of thisweek's technology segment on RNZ's Nine to Noon show Italk with Kathryn Ryan about some of the big trends in techthis year, starting with plugging gaps in broadbandcoverage, the work done by the RuralConnectivity Group and extending the 5Gnetwork.

By March 2022 willreach 87 percent of NZ.

As we get towards the endof the build the rate of filling in those gaps drops.Well see why later.

The RuralConnectivity Group built close to 300 mobiletowers. A lot of the work was done while the country was inlockdown.

The last announcement was in Septemberwhen it reached 272 towers.

Bigtech companies are making moves to head off regulatoryaction after all what do you think Facebook changing itsname to Meta was really about?

They think there will be soon bebreakthroughs in quantum computing that will let them readall that top secret material.

"Tech consultancyBooz Allen Hamilton has warned that China will soon plan thetheft of high value data, so it can decrypt it once quantumcomputers break classicalencryption.

If youre on this call youre partof the unlucky group being laid off, said Vishal Garg,chief executive of mortgage firm Better.com, on the call,later uploaded to social media.

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