Crown signs over quarter share of 5G spectrum to Māori

The Crown has handed over the 5G frequencies allocation set aside for Māori to the Māori spectrum working group at a signing ceremony in Wellington on Wednesday.

“Today marks the vesting of a share of important 5G telecommunications frequencies in a Māori Spectrum entity,” the working group’s co-convenor Antony Royal said in a release.

Royal said new legislation was coming shortly that would enshrine a negotiated agreement of 20 per cent of all future spectrum allocations for telecommunications to Māori.

“The results of this, for Māori participation in the telecommunications industry, will be huge,” he said.

“Māori will be the owner of major spectrum assets, able to innovate, to enter joint ventures, to…