First it conquered search. Then it was online video and advertising. Now Google is turning its attention toward telecommunications.

Vocus Communications, the Australian fibre network and data centre company, has agreed with Spark New Zealand to form a new construction joint venture, Connect 8.

An episode for the upcoming season of Germany's Next Top Model will be filmed in Auckland next week.

As writers, actors and directors jostle for favour following the Oscar and Bafta award nominations, scientists have discovered the true measure of a film's worth is not how many gongs it wins, but how many times later film-makers reference it.

Hundreds of New Zealand Vodafone customers have condemned a proposal by the telecommunications company to cut local customer services jobs and outsource some of the work to the Philippines.

The Herald has obtained an internal Vodafone document detailing plans to scrap around 100 customer care staff and increase outsourcing to the Philippines.

As I wrote last year, it’s been great to have a simple way to travel overseas and use your voice and data plan there for an added $5 a day on Vodafone in many countries.

Vodafone and Spark chiefs Russell Stanners and Simon Moutter have put aside competition to partner up and build the transtasman telecommunications cable along with Telstra.

Some Aucklanders were without broadband for up to 12 hours after a fault with Chorus cut the internet connection.

An issue with broadband electronics was behind the outage that caused 15,000 Auckland households to lose internet overnight.

Spark says it has 'no choice' but to hike retail prices for its home phone and broadband plans, a move that will kick in from February.

If there is any justice, there is a special place reserved in hell for people who make a living designing the way computers "talk" to you. The capacity of programmers to make stuff only they can understand flash up on the screen is as mysterious as the Im

Spark has warned that its prices could rise after the Commerce Commission this morning proposed a new wholesale rate that Chorus can charge retailers.

New Zealand's mobile phone sector is performing well on an international basis, with competitive pricing and good mobile coverage, according to a report by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.

Spark New Zealand has got closer to Chinese telecommunications vendor Huawei Technologies in an expanded deal.

Mobile phone users are increasingly turning to messaging apps and shunning traditional calling and texting.

New Zealand is on the edge of a smartphone revolution being led from an epicentre in Asia.

New York has unveiled the most ambitious plan yet for the payphone of the future offering WiFi connections, free calls and more.

Herald tech blogger Juha Saarinen looks at Spark's new roaming plans and gets his hands on an iMac Retina 5K monitor.

Spark, formerly Telecom, says there are early signs that its rebranding has been successful.

Talkback host Danny Watson is taking his show to the bottom of the world. The Newstalk ZB personality will broadcast live from Antarctica for three days next week.

Spark says it is nearing the end of the first phase of its transformation from a traditional telco to a digital services business.

Creditors have accepted a 20c-in-the-dollar proposal from one of Orcon’s former owners but a court has yet to approve the deal.

An analyst says further job cuts in the telco sector will occur in coming months as Spark looks to cut staff in its technical department.