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The 80s called - they want their cellphones back
In some circles you’re the odd one out if you don’t own a phone that can receive emails and browse the net. But that doesn’t bother Amy Williams, who is among a die-hard group stubbornly resisting pressure to upgrade their dumbphones.

Demand for net data doubles
Demand for internet data doubled in the year ending June 2012 and competition between telcos heated up.

Tweeters win new Galaxy S4
Forget Apple mania, Samsung has managed to create a stir before today's launch of its Galaxy S4 worthy of the best Steve Jobs campaigns.

Phone fans in digital queue
More than 8000 people are using social media to jostle their way to the front of a virtual queue and win a Samsung phone.

Photo recall: Stretch the car to make room for the phone
These days your "mobile communications centre" fits in the palm of your hand - but in 1992 you needed a custom-built car to take work on the road.

Pat Pilcher: Review - Huawei Ascend W1
I was keen to see just how different Huawei's take on Windows phone 8 was going to be...

New iPhone coming sooner than thought
The Wall Street Journal says Apple is set for a possible summer (northern hemisphere) launch of the next iPhone, rather than a fall launch like the last two models.

TV3 shuts service after hack
TV3 has stopped making television shows available to be viewed on mobile phones after its service was hacked.

NZ game developers shine
New Zealand's game developers produced six games which hit top 10 iOS downloads charts in the US last year.

Your place, the workplace
Is working from home really working? Anthony Doesburg reports.

Don't take my smartphone
If Kiwis were given the choice of having only one piece of communications technology, almost 1 in 3 would choose their smartphone.

Cisco forecasts massive mobile uptake
The way we use smartphones looks set to undergo some pretty dramatic changes over the next 5 years, writes Pat Pilcher.

Driver calls time on text failures
Text-to-pay parking meters have failed at least three times in the past two months.

Vodafone steals march in 4G
Telecom not bringing forward its plans despite rival's rollout of faster mobile internet services

Vodafone unveils 4G service
Vodafone has announced the launch of new 4G mobile internet services which have the potential to let smartphone or tablet users watch movies on the go.

Axe to fall on Telecom jobs
Telecom says there will be job cuts "well into the hundreds" as it seeks to cut costs across its business.

Stoush over mobile spectrum auction
Astoush over the upcoming auction of mobile spectrum could now go before the Waitangi Tribunal after the Government said it would not set any aside for Maori.

Telecom changing without 'big stick'
Telecom says the threat of regulation on roaming charges will not change its plans for more changes to rates for its customers travelling overseas.

NZ, Oz to crack whip over telco fees
New Zealand and Australian authorities will get the power to cap mobile roaming charges if they don't continue to fall, Prime Ministers John Key and Julia Gillard plan to announce today.