
Staff cuts see Telecom exit building
Big staff reductions have prompted Telecom to leave one of its four buildings at its headquarters on Victoria St, Auckland.
Big staff reductions have prompted Telecom to leave one of its four buildings at its headquarters on Victoria St, Auckland.
Telecom is hoping to drive customers on to faster broadband services with a deal to offer discounted online access to the English Premier League football.
A new law which could see internet giants like Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and Google forced to open up their systems to NZ's spy agencies is 'unworkable'.
Ultra-fast broadband is spreading, but where are the customers? Anthony Doesburg reports.
Rumour has it that the Commission will quietly ask Sky to reconsider its apparently restrictive contracts with ISPs on a mutually agreeable basis, writes Chris Barton.
A bill giving the GCSB spy agency and the Prime Minister sweeping powers over telecommunications providers has been introduced in Parliament to an outcry from Opposition parties who say there has been little explanation as to why it is needed.
It takes a special class of sleep-deprived conspiracist to imagine John Key would have welcomed, let alone engineered, the Aaron Gilmore brouhaha, writes Toby Manhire.
Editorial: It is entirely reasonable to allow the GCSB to provide specialist help to other agencies. If this were not so, the SIS, for example, would have to spend millions acquiring the sophisticated equipment operated by the other agency.
The Labour-Greens' proposal for the electricity industry should be the start of a consumer-led revolution, writes Chris Barton.