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Telecom gives 2degrees SIM cards to hospital staff
Telecom is giving out rival 2degrees' services to key hospital staff on XT in case the unstable network goes down again.

Consumers go online to gripe at bad service
Have you got a complaint about customer services? Join the queue - or maybe a Facebook group - to vent your rage.

Buck stops with Telecom over mobile network miseries
After 20 years in the mobile game, how could Telecom get it so wrong?

Angry with Telecom? We'll pay break fee, says Vodafone
Vodafone plans to refund any Telecom customers penalised for switching mobile phone providers.

Govt may review subsidies after latest Telecom outage
Up to $50m of yearly government subsidies to Telecom could be up for review if this morning's 111 outage is found to amount to a substandard service.

Cause of XT outages still unknown, Alcatel says
The cause of four outages to Telecom's XT mobile network since Christmas remain unknown, the head of Alcatel-Lucent says.

Kind words from <i>Top Gear</i> star
Richard Hammond has spoken out about the XT shambles, saying the launch was "good fun" but he hadn't personally tested the service.

XT failures grounds for customers to leave network
Customers wanting to get out of Telecom XT contracts may have grounds to do so - but only if they have been the victim of repeated faults in the network.

XT failure: Cause of outages remains a mystery
Telecom admits it has still not determined the exact cause of its crippling XT network outages.

XT woes starting to hurt shares
More bad press over Telecom's calamity-prone XT network saw the telco giant's stocks take a hit yesterday, with its share price dropping 6c after the resignation of its chief technical officer.