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Vodafone market share sinks as 2degrees grows
Vodafone NZ's market share sank below 50 per cent last year as new kid on the block 2degrees mobile entered the market.

Giant study to examine mobile phone cancer risk
A study into the health effects of using mobile phones will take 20 or 30 years to complete.

Telecom to slash 200 senior jobs
Telecom is targeting a reduction of 200 top jobs this year, after cutting its earnings guidance for years 2011 through to 2013 years.

Telecom profit forecasts slashed
Telecom shares fell 6c after it cut earnings guidance for the financial years from 2011 to 2013.

Telecom appoints new mobile director
Telecom has appointed Kieren Cooney, the chief executive of its retail dealer partner Leading Edge NZ, as the new director of its troubled mobile division.

Vodafone signs up 'huge' influx of XT defectors
Vodafone says it has has received a "huge" influx of customers from Telecom in the wake of its rival's XT dramas.

iAd: New iPhone OS lets ads follow you around
Apple is following Google and Microsoft's lead and entering the online advertising fray - using iPhone's location capabilities to serve highly-targeted ads.

Motorists still texting on the roads, survey finds
Despite a change in the law, some Kiwi drivers still seem unable to keep their eyes on the road instead of their phones.

iPad tops T3's top 100 gadgets list
British technology magazine T3 has revealed its 2010 pick of the 100 hottest gadgets on the planet, and it's no surprise to find the forthcoming iPad top of the pile.

2Degrees slashes prices for calls and texts
New mobile phone operator 2Degrees is cutting the cost of texting and calling over its network by at least half.

Another XT exec jumps Telecom ship
Telecom staff were told this morning that the company's 'Mr XT', responsible for mobile devices and services, would leave at the end of his contract in July.

New fault disrupts Telecom's XT service
Telecom mobile phone customers on the network's XT and CDMA networks have experienced more intermittent outages today.