After 20 years of texting technology, New Zealanders are still avid text messagers, despite a decline in use overseas as smartphones take over.

Telecom has ruled out compensation for the thousands of customers across the country who went without broadband for several hours this morning.

Top mobile firm sheds 50,000 in 3 months.

Vodafone lost 50,000 mobile customers between July and September, on the back of similar losses in the New Zealand market earlier this year.

Analyst predicts Telecom faces major battle to fight off rival's bid for a greater share of broadband market.

New Zealand has some of the most expensive iPhone 5 plans compared to Australia, Britain and the United States.

In the old days, the office drove the business. Diana Clement finds a businessman who’s driving his office.

The wages which need to be reduced are those of the CEOs and other high-level management positions, writes Ryan Wood. "A maximum wage also has a trickle-down effect."

Patrick Kershaw says charging per gigabyte is wrong. "It is anachronistic to a country moving toward prevalence of the UFB and ultra fast connectivity everywhere."

The iPhone 5 was launched in NZ early today to eager customers standing by to be first in - and All Black great Jonah Lomu did the honours at one Auckland store.

Former Telecom boss Paul Reynolds pocketed more than $12 million in cash and shares during his final year with the company.

For Alan Gibbs and friends, the 1990 Telecom privatisation was the deal of a lifetime. A new book out today tells how fortunes were made, reports Chris Barton.