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Spark hikes its prices

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.

Peter Calder: Cyberspace scream nobody hears

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

Rodney Hide: Tantrums and trauma over texting

Rodney Hide writes: Prime Minister John Key likes to text. So, perhaps it would help us all if Labour and the Greens drew up a list of whom the Prime Minister can and can't text?

Chorus shares rise to 13-month high

Chorus shares rose to a 13-month high after the Comcom lifted the price it can charge for access to its copper lines.

Price warning after Chorus win

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

Mobile phone pricing competitive: report

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 forges closer ties with Huawei

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

Apps use taking over from calls, texts

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

NZ on edge of phone revolution

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

Spark confirms job cuts

Spark confirmed today that it would be cutting jobs as rival Vodafone New Zealand announced it would shed a significant number of staff before March.

Paper: Isis offered to pay teen $32,000

A 14-year-old boy suspected of planning a series of bombings in Vienna was reported yesterday to have been offered US$25,000 by Isis to carry out the attacks and claims that two other youths recruited in the same way remain at large.

High tech lets searchers zoom in

Searchers can now locate and rescue people missing somewhere in a staggeringly large area in as little as 40 minutes thanks to advancing technology.

The internet: How Kiwis are faring

Nearly all New Zealanders have affordable internet access but there are disparities in low-income areas and for satellite service users, new research shows.

Customers left fuming

Customers who pre-ordered Apple's latest model iPhone are angry at being kept waiting - and one says he was offered a Samsung Galaxy as an alternative.

Chorus sees growth in high-speed connections

Chorus is seeing growth in its high-speed fixed line connections as it continues to roll out the bulk of the govt-sponsored ultrafast broadband fibre network.

Vodafone denies big job cuts planned

Vodafone NZ says it is not planning major job cuts after internal speculation that the telecommunications giant was looking at a significant management reduction.

Tait expands in South America

Ex-Orcon owner gets bankruptcy reprieve

One of the former owners of internet company Orcon who has debts of $3.57m has avoided bankruptcy and will attempt to appease creditors with a $343,000 deal.