Phone and internet company Slingshot has overhauled its cold-calling approach.

Telecom's entire executive team has cut up its corporate credit cards, as the company starts an efficiency drive.

Telecom won't face regulatory intervention over its premium copper-based VDSL2 broadband service which guarantees speeds of 15Mb/s up, 5Mb/s down.

Text messages and the internet may be used to contact emergency services in the future following a Government review of the 111 service.

Telecom has emerged as the front-runner to build the ultra-fast broadband fibre-to-the-home network for most of NZ.

Up to 95 homes in Auckland's Franklin Rd now have their Xmas lights on at night, says the founder of the annual spectacle.

Telco rivals say they have the technology to deliver the Government's goals.