SpaceX IPO impact, Golden Bay resilience,

SpaceX IPO impact on NZ telecomsLast week SpaceX launched what it hopes will be the largest stock market listing in history. The company aims to raise US$75 billion to fund its rocket and space travel development programme. See this separate analysis of what this means for New Zealand's telecommunications sector.Golden Bay resilience group warns telecoms gap remainsA Golden Bay resilience group says the government has confirmed a major gap remains in emergency communications for remote communities dependent on vulnerable telecoms infrastructure.Project Strim spokesperson Shelley Grell says residents in Mohua-Golden Bay are exposed because the region relies on a single fibre link over Tākaka Hill. When that link fails, mobile services, internet access, landlines, Eftpos and connected medical alarms can all go down at once.In a recent letter to the group, communications minister Paul Goldsmith says the government does not have regulatory powers to compel telecommunications companies to…