Bypass Network Services

Filtering debate at NetHui 2018

Wed 18th Apr 2018

Mandatory filtering of our internet by government agencies is appropriate in NZ Facilitators: Shane Hobson & Andrew Cushen Good cop Andrew & bad cop Shane will lead a discussion on the topic of internet filtering by NZ Govt agencies. Shane will take the affirmative, explaining that the benefits to society of filtering outweigh the costs, … Continue reading

Bypass is pleased to announce our promotion to the NZTE F700

Thu 5th Apr 2018

According to the NZTE, segmentation into F700 is based on a company’s willingness to engage with NZTE, ambition, capability and capacity to grow internationally and past international growth performance. Our global network is currently processing 47.5 Billion DNS queries per second at peak. NZTE has played an essential role in helping Bypass navigate international expansion. … Continue reading

Robi Safenet keeps children safe on the internet

Fri 9th Feb 2018

Auckland/Mumbai: January 29th, 2018 – Leading digital company, Robi, has once again revolutionised Bangladesh’s digital landscape by introducing Robi Safenet – a unique service that allows parents to protect their children from harmful content on the internet through filtering. Robi Safenet uses intelligent risk detection algorithm to allow/ block specific sites that are inappropriate for children. … Continue reading

Netsafe Report – Teens and Sexting: Prevalence and Attitudes

Fri 15th Dec 2017

Netsafe has recently released New Zealand’s first ever research report exploring sexting behaviour in NZ teens – ‘Teens and Sexting: Prevalence and Attitudes’. The 37-page report outlines upsetting statistics about the sharing of nudes among young New Zealanders aged 14-17 years old. The report outlines the differences between categories of youths, such as gender, ethnicity … Continue reading

PITA members address the issue of protecting kids’ online safety in Fiji

Thu 7th Dec 2017

Samoa and Fiji lead the Pacific region regarding potentially harmful internet content, but for opposite reasons. The Samoan Regulator is encouraging Internet Service Providers in Samoa to establish systems to filter child sexual abuse materials and is currently undergoing a six months pilot scheme with the ISPs who have signed on to determine the best … Continue reading

Telcos missing from Australia Online Safety on the Edge Conference

Wed 8th Nov 2017

We have just returned from the Online Safety conference held in Sydney on Nov 1 – 3. The conference was jointly hosted by the Australian eSafety Commission and NZ’s own Netsafe. The event was well attended with over 400 delegates and a range of interesting speakers. We shared a table with Antigone Davis, Head of … Continue reading

WorldLink launches SafeNet – Nepal’s first Safe Internet Service for Families

Wed 25th Oct 2017

WorldLink has launched Nepal’s first Clean Internet Service. Being a firm believer of Service Innovation, WorldLink continues to revolutionise Nepal’s broadband market by giving customers a platform which can keep them secure in the online world while providing the freedom to decide their preferences which should not be allowed into the home or workplace. While … Continue reading

Competition in the Pacific; Pricing factors due to government regulation

Thu 19th Oct 2017

We recently returned from the Pacific Islands Telecommunications Assoc Marketing Forum. This forum was well attended by Pacific telco operators. A common theme with the attendees was they were all incumbents in their home market and only two-faced competition today. All attendees were concerned about the threat of competition. One of the main concerns in … Continue reading

Buddy Guard Recognised – Finalist Best Broadband Innovation

Tue 26th Sep 2017

Bypass Network Services is pleased to announce that their network level parental control solution – the Buddy Guard platform has been recognised as a finalist in the Broadband Compare Awards for Best Broadband Innovation. Bypass is the only Value Added Services Provider nominated in this category; the three others are traditional telecommunications providers. Somewhat ironically, Bypass … Continue reading

Is the Aussie ISP a threatened species under NBN regime?

Mon 18th Sep 2017

Andrew Khoo, Solutions Architect at AmaySIM spoke at AusNOG in Melbourne last week and explained that Australian ISPs are experiencing high levels of churn and reduced margins as the NBN is rolled out across Australia. Especially for ISPs outside of the “big 4” who don’t have the capacity to connect directly to all 121 NBN … Continue reading

The number of devices in the home has forced telcos to rethink their parental controls strategy

Tue 5th Sep 2017

When computers first became mass market you only had to protect the PC in the living room. It made sense to use software. Now with the number of devices in the home, network level protection is simpler. It’s a single click activation for multiple devices with no end user upgrades. This is just one … Continue reading

Bypass to support latest compliance requirements set by Indian Government

Fri 4th Aug 2017

Bypass Network Services provides Regulatory Compliance and Network Level Parental Control services to the Telecom Service Providers in partnership with Ekaga Futuristics Private Limited. On 18th April the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MEITY) passed an order No.1 (3)/2016-CLFE) to enforce ISP’s in India to adopt the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) resources to prevent … Continue reading

Bypass strengthens team to continue international expansion

Tue 18th Jul 2017

Manish Arora has been appointed as VP Engineering – South Asia. Manish’s appointment will provide local operational support for Bypass’ customers in India, Nepal and Bangladesh and pre-sales technical leadership for our partners in developing markets. “What attracted me to working with Bypass is their focus to differentiate the data connection whether on fixed line or … Continue reading

Virtualized Network Level Parental Controls will be the standard by 2020

Tue 20th Jun 2017

Virtualization offers a unique opportunity for telcos to create services efficiently with agility and faster turnaround time. Bypass is a specialist NFV vendor, we have taken a cloud first approach since we launched in 2014. Our virtualized technology stack offers a range of features which are enabled based on the underlying hardware provisioned by the … Continue reading

Bypass provides thought leadership at PITA 2017 – radio interview

Sun 9th Apr 2017

Shane Hobson recently attended the PITA 2017 AGM in the Cook Islands. He was there to debate the merits of Government mandated internet filtering vs a free, open, unfiltered internet. He met with government officials and service providers to share a global insight into trends from New Zealand, Europe and India about what works to … Continue reading

Did anyone ask for the iPhone?

Wed 8th Mar 2017

We often have customers say to us; our end users aren’t asking for parental controls. Q: Do you know anyone who asked for the iPhone before Steve Jobs told the world they needed it? So how do we know your end users will want kid-safe Internet? In 2013 the industry and government in the UK … Continue reading

Opinion: Australia telcos on the back foot.

Fri 10th Feb 2017

Updates below: 28 April 2017. We’ve been watching the debate about regulatory compliance for copyright enforcement unfold in Australia. If things don’t change soon, Australian broadband users could lose substantial personal online privacy and security rights. In December, the Federal Court ordered internet broadband companies like Telstra to block five copyright-infringing websites, including torrent site … Continue reading

Can Indian telecom operators reduce vulnerability to online frauds in a Cashless Economy?

Mon 26th Dec 2016

This blog post originally appeared in the Economic Times of India TeleTalk blog. The demonetization of currency and the Indian government’s push for a cashless economy has given a big thrust to online and mobile transactions. While this may lead to the reduction of black money, it also introduces an immediate risk with the increase of … Continue reading

Is your network NFV ready?

Wed 9th Nov 2016

Network functions virtualization (NFV) is an initiative to virtualize the network services that are now being carried out by proprietary, dedicated hardware. NFV is designed to decrease the amount of proprietary hardware that’s needed to launch and operate network services. This fundamental shift from physical to virtualized network functions with NFV is the next step … Continue reading

The evolution of Internet policy in the South Pacific

Tue 11th Oct 2016

Child exploitation and blocking of inappropriate content online is a major topic of conversation in most of the Pacific Islands. This social environment poses a significant risk to any mobile operator’s business model or is an opportunity to reduce compliance cost and lead the industry depending on the operator’s response to the threat. There are three … Continue reading

Stuff Fibre confirms Bypass to provide kid safe platform

Tue 23rd Aug 2016

New fibre only telco, a joint venture behind Fairfax (which owns Stuff and Trademe) and former executives from Sky and Vodafone, has announced Stuff Fibre will utilise Bypass’s Buddy Guard platform to provide a family safe high-speed broadband product. Stuff Fibre will offer uncapped UFB with a 100 megabit download speed and Auckland-based customer support. Stuff … Continue reading

ISPAI Presentation Kid Safe Internet

Mon 1st Aug 2016

Bypass was asked to present about GeoLocation IP issues in Mumbai at SANOG28. We also had the opportunity to discuss some research about kid-safe Internet at the general meeting of ISPAI (Internet Services Providers Association of India) and learn more about India’s goals and challenges. India has some major targets; to grow to 600,000 Internet … Continue reading

Bypass to speak at SANOG28 & DESCON2016

Thu 14th Jul 2016

IP geo-location issues were brought into mainstream discussion in New Zealand when Bypass & 15 telecommunications companies were served an injunction to stop operating the world’s first wholesale network level geo-location technology. The countries two public TV broadcasters, the pay TV operator and the incumbent telecommunications provider worked in unison to shut down geo-unblocking for … Continue reading

Mobile Ad Blocking is highest globally in APAC

Thu 14th Apr 2016

One of the features of our Buddy Guard Kid Safe app is ad blocking. We’re of two minds about this feature as predominantly most media on the Internet utilises an Ad funding model. Google’s Global Net Advertising revenue in 2015 was $51.81B USD. In 2015 Facebook generated $17.08 billion USD in ad revenues. So clearly advertising … Continue reading

Internet Censorship: Regulating India’s Internet

Tue 22nd Mar 2016

This blog post originally appeared on the Economic Times of India TeleTalk blog. Content regulation on the Internet is at the forefront of discussion in India due to a build up of events over the past 12 months. Last August the Department of Telecommunications to prevent telecommunication providers from allowing their customers to access 857 pornographic … Continue reading

#Apricot2016 Not available in your country

Thu 25th Feb 2016

Bypass’s Cofounder and CCO Matthew Jackson was recently asked to speak about IP-based Geolocation issues at the APNIC41 conference APRICOT2016. You can see the video about our talk here on YouTube. Matthew speaks about Geo-location from a consumer perspective. Quote of the day was from Dean Pemberton, you can take an entire ISP and change it’s … Continue reading

Front Page News – India Economic Times

Fri 29th Jan 2016

Front page news certainly travels fast. Last week Bypass was featured in a front page new article by the Economic Times of India. The news was soon picked up by several other websites as speculation about who the first provider might be to launch network level parental controls in India might be? Bypass’s focus on … Continue reading

Buddy Guard Parental Controls Video

Sat 19th Dec 2015

Buddy Guard is a next generation parental controls product which saves 90% of the traditional upfront capital when compared to traditional proxy solutions. Read more about Buddy Guard Parental Controls here or check out these blog posts. Controlling Household Screen Addiction Innovation reduces compliance – the emergence of network level parental controls in India … Continue reading

Innovation reduces compliance – the emergence of network level parental controls in India.

Thu 22nd Oct 2015

One of the reasons New Zeland telco’s have one of the lowest levels of government intervention for compliance is the telco market is innovative, competitive and advanced. We’re predicting (based on reliable knowledge as a market leader in VAS) that 85% of end users will have access to telco provided network integrated parental controls by … Continue reading

Controlling Household Screen Addiction

Tue 8th Sep 2015

There is still debate over which patterns of Internet use are excessive or addictive, however there is no doubt that the increased amount of time kids spend online is concerning to parents. The global market for parental control solutions is fragmented. This fragmentation is because traditional solutions have required the home users to download software … Continue reading

It pays to be disruptive; value added services enhance ISP growth

Fri 19th Jun 2015

In a recent research report leading telecoms vendor Ericsson in collaboration with consultancy firm Ernst & Young ask the question; What Makes a Successful Telco Business strategy? The study released last week clearly outlines the strategies “frontrunners” are taking in the telco space. The study found that front-runners, those ISP’s who have rapidly growing market … Continue reading

Bypass proud to sponsor NetHui & lead Net Neutrality debate

Tue 9th Jun 2015

Bypass is proud to announce their sponsorship of NetHui 2015, being held by Internet New Zealand. As a team, we will be involved in two workshops; Geo-unblocking & Copyright Net Neutrality If you’re not up to speed on Net Neutrality, and how important it is we’ve provided some links to videos below. These videos are … Continue reading

Bypass Network Services to launch Global Mode for mobile in India

Tue 2nd Jun 2015

Bypass Network Services Limited (Bypass) is excited to announce an agreement has been reached with Varun Sood to represent Bypass in India. The focus of the partnership is the emerging market of geo-unblocking for mobile providers. The agreement is to provide mobile operators and fixed line Internet providers in India with local market representation for … Continue reading

European Commission confirms priorities: End Unjustified Geo-blocking

Fri 15th May 2015

Yesterday an important step was made in the direction towards removing global pricing discrimination. A year ago, the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, the former Prime Minister of Luxemburg, promised to take steps towards getting rid of the idea of geo-blocking. Now Juncker is making good on that promise, with the creation of … Continue reading

Global Mode has helped abolish data caps, increased ultra-fast broadband uptake and reduced online piracy!

Tue 21st Apr 2015

Recent reports in the media have been that several Internet providers have turned off the Global Mode® setting in their network. These reports about Global Mode® being switched off are incorrect says Matthew Jackson of Bypass Network Services. “I have personally spoken with every ISP on the Global Mode® network and they have all verbally … Continue reading

Global Mode expands into Asia with IndonesianCloud

Tue 21st Apr 2015

Bypass Network Services (BNSL) has reached agreement with IndonesianCloud to represent Global Mode in Indonesia. With a rapidly growing middle class in Indonesia, more and more consumers want access to the latest sports, entertainment, and educational content. Neil Creswell, CEO of Indonesian Cloud, says “We were initially hesitant about providing this platform service due to … Continue reading

Big Media Gang takes consumer choice to court

Mon 20th Apr 2015

Sky, Mediaworks, TVNZ and Lightbox have once again given Bypass Network Services Limited (BNSL) an ultimatum. Shut down by 12pm today, or we’re taking you to court. Last week BNSL sought further clarification from Buddle Findlay, the lawyers acting on behalf of the big media gang. BNSL received this at 3:54pm on Friday. BNSL has … Continue reading

EU announces plans to banish geo-blocking, modernise copyright law.

Sun 19th Apr 2015

Letting EU citizens watch movies online anywhere, is key to the European Commission’s efforts to unify the continent’s digital market to enhance economic growth. In March the Commission agreed how to proceed with its European Digital Single Market plan and identified priorities to be detailed this May to expand the knowledge economy. Commission Vice-President for … Continue reading

Podcast: We won’t give into media bullies, Global Mode is focused on export market potential.

Wed 15th Apr 2015

Can you imagine the difficulties of operating in an environment where your customers are bullied into giving up despite believing they’re doing nothing wrong? That’s what we face. Bypass is an innovative company, with global potential. The actions by the media bullies go against New Zealander’s values and are unsubstantiated claims. Listen Mate, this is … Continue reading

Disability Access Being Threatened By The Big Media Gang

Wed 15th Apr 2015

We’ve been receiving quite a few phone calls and emails for support of late after the threatening letter from the media bullies. One came through this afternoon Kim Robinson who wrote, “I have emailed Buddle Findlay informing them that they have until 5pm tomorrow for their clients to provide 100% captioning on their streamed services … Continue reading

Consumer NZ accuses TV companies of protectionism.

Sat 11th Apr 2015

Consumer NZ chief executive Sue Chetwin said the television companies’ legal threat was “simply protectionism of old content distribution models”. “While they may argue that this is not about taking action against consumers, it’s exactly consumers who will end up paying more because of this,” Chetwin said. “Consumers will always look for the best deal, … Continue reading

World’s first ISP Geo-Unblocking company to launch European & Asia Pacific Regions with two new ISP’s

Thu 5th Mar 2015

Bypass Network Services Limited (BNSL) announced today that agreements have been executed for the international expansion of Global Mode® into two new countries. Global Mode® is the world’s first wholesale geo-unblocking solution. BNSL first launched Global Mode® in 2013. The high uptake of Global Mode® is due to a differentiated commercial model, which has accelerated … Continue reading

Netflix plays Whac-a-Mole, consider PaaS!

Tue 6th Jan 2015

If you haven’t heard of Whac-A-Mole it’s a popular arcade where the object of the game is to force the individual moles back into their holes by hitting them directly on the head with the mallet. The term was used recently by Netflix as reported by Fairfax recently when they asked us about the impact … Continue reading

Having a ‘National’ impact – BNSL’s commercial director comment’s on the recent views from the Minister of Telecommunications about Global Mode.

Mon 29th Dec 2014

The New Zealand Minister for Telecommunications Amy Adams has had Global Mode on her radar the last few weeks. As reported by 3News she made the point at the Nethui South conference in Christchurch commenting that the sector needs to evolve. Synergies between communications and broadcasting make it a good move to have one minister responsible … Continue reading

Netflix usage in NZ & Aus already 100,000+ households

Tue 2nd Dec 2014

Due to the popularity of our products we’re working with NZTE to look at international markets for our VIPER & DELUGE products which support Global Mode® and Buddy Guard. While exact numbers are confidential, Global Mode® is a dinner table conversation in New Zealand these days, why is that? Each quarter Sandvine produces a global … Continue reading

Censor eyes ‘Global Mode’ internet access while advocacy group Internet NZ’s view is web access not illegal – Featured on NZHerald

Sat 8th Nov 2014

This week another shot was fired across our bow when Chief Censor claimed Global Mode may infringe on censorship issues. Personally we feel that it’s unreasonable, it’s not the ISP’s role to censor YouTube, but ultimately our customer Slingshot came out saying – “We firmly believe there are no censorship laws broken when Kiwis access overseas … Continue reading

Online TV growth accelerates in 2014 with 388% YOY growth

Fri 24th Oct 2014

Adobe has released the Q2 US Digital Video Benchmark, the survey reports the growth of online video volume every six months. You’ll be blown away by the growth statistics which have been driven by streaming of major sporting events like the World Cup and the Winter Olympics. If you didn’t see it, Orcon’s online petition … Continue reading

Global Mode Commercial Director featured opinion article published by Fairfax

Mon 13th Oct 2014

The New Zealand government is one of the parties involved in the TransPacificPartnership Agreement (TPPA or TPP for short). The TPP is no simple “free trade agreement.” It goes further than tariffs and quotas. According to the Fair Deal Coalition “the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will reach beyond the border, into New Zealand’s own policy-making … Continue reading

Why did we not debate the TTP during the election? – It could change our lives forever.

Tue 7th Oct 2014

With the Government starting to admit its foreign spy agency was gearing up for mass surveillance in the wake of an illegal spying scandal, New Zealander’s might want to take a closer look – should kiwi’s allow American commercial interest to dictate New Zeland national ICT policy, and what impact this might have businesses and … Continue reading

Dear NZRU, Please free my rugby from SKY. Let me pay to watch the All Blacks live in HD via the internet – like the rest of the world

Wed 17th Sep 2014

Orcon launches Free My Rugby petition designed to show support to the NZRU for a new business model for watching live sport in New Zealand. Orcon said a direct streaming option would mean fans wouldn’t need an “expensive Sky subscription” to watch rugby. New Zealand Rugby and Sky TV both declined to comment according Orcon. … Continue reading

Filtering debate at NetHui 2018

Wed 18th Apr 2018

Previous Posts

Bypass is pleased to announce our promotion to the NZTE F700

Thu 5th Apr 2018

Robi Safenet keeps children safe on the internet

Fri 9th Feb 2018

Netsafe Report – Teens and Sexting: Prevalence and Attitudes

Fri 15th Dec 2017

PITA members address the issue of protecting kids’ online safety in Fiji

Thu 7th Dec 2017

Telcos missing from Australia Online Safety on the Edge Conference

Wed 8th Nov 2017

WorldLink launches SafeNet – Nepal’s first Safe Internet Service for Families

Wed 25th Oct 2017

Competition in the Pacific; Pricing factors due to government regulation

Thu 19th Oct 2017

Buddy Guard Recognised – Finalist Best Broadband Innovation

Tue 26th Sep 2017

Is the Aussie ISP a threatened species under NBN regime?

Mon 18th Sep 2017

The number of devices in the home has forced telcos to rethink their parental controls strategy

Tue 5th Sep 2017

Bypass to support latest compliance requirements set by Indian Government

Fri 4th Aug 2017

Bypass strengthens team to continue international expansion

Tue 18th Jul 2017

Virtualized Network Level Parental Controls will be the standard by 2020

Tue 20th Jun 2017

Bypass provides thought leadership at PITA 2017 – radio interview

Sun 9th Apr 2017

Did anyone ask for the iPhone?

Wed 8th Mar 2017

Opinion: Australia telcos on the back foot.

Fri 10th Feb 2017

Can Indian telecom operators reduce vulnerability to online frauds in a Cashless Economy?

Mon 26th Dec 2016

Is your network NFV ready?

Wed 9th Nov 2016

The evolution of Internet policy in the South Pacific

Tue 11th Oct 2016

Stuff Fibre confirms Bypass to provide kid safe platform

Tue 23rd Aug 2016

ISPAI Presentation Kid Safe Internet

Mon 1st Aug 2016

Bypass to speak at SANOG28 & DESCON2016

Thu 14th Jul 2016

Mobile Ad Blocking is highest globally in APAC

Thu 14th Apr 2016

Internet Censorship: Regulating India’s Internet

Tue 22nd Mar 2016

#Apricot2016 Not available in your country

Thu 25th Feb 2016

Front Page News – India Economic Times

Fri 29th Jan 2016

Buddy Guard Parental Controls Video

Sat 19th Dec 2015

Innovation reduces compliance – the emergence of network level parental controls in India.

Thu 22nd Oct 2015

Controlling Household Screen Addiction

Tue 8th Sep 2015

It pays to be disruptive; value added services enhance ISP growth

Fri 19th Jun 2015

Bypass proud to sponsor NetHui & lead Net Neutrality debate

Tue 9th Jun 2015

Bypass Network Services to launch Global Mode for mobile in India

Tue 2nd Jun 2015

European Commission confirms priorities: End Unjustified Geo-blocking

Fri 15th May 2015

Global Mode has helped abolish data caps, increased ultra-fast broadband uptake and reduced online piracy!

Tue 21st Apr 2015

Global Mode expands into Asia with IndonesianCloud

Tue 21st Apr 2015

Big Media Gang takes consumer choice to court

Mon 20th Apr 2015

EU announces plans to banish geo-blocking, modernise copyright law.

Sun 19th Apr 2015

Podcast: We won’t give into media bullies, Global Mode is focused on export market potential.

Wed 15th Apr 2015

Disability Access Being Threatened By The Big Media Gang