Telecom's $20 million name change will happen on August 8 and within months Spark will replace the existing branding at 70 stores, 8000 retailers and on 3000 payphones.

The government has entered a 25 year contract with Hawaiki Cable worth to secure a new international telecommunications cable capable of handling huge data loads.

Two Degrees Mobile pared back losses in the year to Dec. 31 and reported positive operating earnings for the second year since its establishment.

CallPlus has announced it has bought rival Orcon, giving New Zealand's third-biggest internet company 15 per cent market share and more than 220,000 customers.

New Zealand's internet traffic will grow almost threefold by 2018, according to forecasts, mostly driven by a jump in the amount of television, movie and video being watched online.

Traveling to countries like Egypt and Turkey in my 20s it was a given that you would have to bargain to buy something.

A drench gun that receives data via wifi to calculate the exact dosage needed, and a capsule inside a cow that sends data to a smartphone about its health.

Chorus's BBB credit rating was affirmed by Standard & Poor's with a negative outlook that reflects prospects for the network company's 'headroom' within financial covenants to shrink.

Auckland-based Customer Radar aims to turn the traditional "mystery shopper" way of rating company performance on its head.

Telecom has suffered a massive technical fault today, with many of its systems - including its own corporate website - down for most of the day.

Telecom Corp, the country's biggest telecommunications company, has trimmed the size of a banking facility, while pushing out its maturity date until 2017.

It is entirely possible for New Zealanders to pay far less for broadband than the over-inflated price it currently costs.

Telecommunications network operator Chorus has lost a bid to dismiss a Commerce Commission determination setting the price for services on its copper lines.

Working out and about is par for the course in the events industry, making working remotely a necessity.

A power company is offering the chance to pay all household costs in one bill - but consumer groups warn the convenience may come at a cost.