Xtra Limited is New Zealand's largest Internet service provider . It was founded in 1996 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom New Zealand. Xtra has provided dial-up Internet access throughout New Zealand since its inception. In 1999 it created New Zealand's first ADSL service. The name Xtra was also used with the separate entity Yahoo!Xtra, a joint venture web portal between Telecom and Yahoo!7 from 2007 to 2011. The venture was formed in December 2006 replacing the XtraMSN web portal and included additional features for Xtra broadband customers. In 2008 Telecom dropped the Xtra... brand name from products and services, using Telecom instead . In 1999 Telecom created New Zealand's only ADSL service. Telecom later allowed other ISPs to access its ADSL networks , although some claimed that Telecom provided unfair and monopolistic terms of trade regarding its wholesale ADSL services. As a subsidiary of Telecom New Zealand, Xtra retained some of the monopoly that its parent company formerly had.
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