COMMENT: Please, telcos: confusion as a marketing tool doesn't work. Keep it simple.

Spark New Zealand says its hostile 80 cents-a-share offer for TeamTalk is final.

The Commerce Commission is looking for any competition issues.

A 2288km fibre optic cable between New Zealand and Australia is officially in service.

COMMENT: The Shareholders' Association is on the warpath.

TeamTalk to sell controlling stake in Farmside to Vodafone as Spark circles.

Spark says an independent valuation range for its takeover target lacks credibility.

KiwiSaver is a fantastic long-term superannuation scheme but it has one major drawback: limited domestic investment opportunities.

COMMENT: Mobile plans with data caps won't make use of new 4.5G networks, Juha Saarinen writes.

Adam Thomson started tweeting when his call reached the one hour mark, asking if anyone had broken that record.

Spark New Zealand and 2Degrees have been granted a stay on the proposed merger between rival Vodafone New Zealand and pay-TV operator Sky Network Television.

Spark has launched legal action seeking a short-term pause if the proposed Sky TV/Vodafone NZ merger gets the green light from the Commerce Commission.

New Zealanders holding out for the cheapest broadband they can find is forcing Spark NZ to compete more aggressively on price.

Chief executive Simon Moutter said the investment in call centre resources had cut call waiting times, but that "there is much work still to be done".

COMMENT: Boardroom conversation is an art form for some and a learned skill for others.

Spark wants to integrate TeamTalk's services into the larger group, cutting costs by stripping out any duplication and reviewing the business.

Heartache at the thought of leaving her 'kids' at home to travel overseas gave Courtenay Colligan an idea for a business. Colligan's

A countrywide network outage yesterday rendered many mobile phones useless, but Spark is looking into another solution for next time it happens.

New Zealand shares.

A2 Milk jumps as Bellamy's cuts revenue forecast.

Spark boss Simon Moutter reveals his first job.

NZ shares were mixed in holiday trading with yield stocks

Meet the New Zealand Herald Business Leader of the Year finalists.

COMMENT: Israel faces an international backlash but NZ has much to learn about innovation from the plucky nation, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

The Commerce Commission has backed away from Spark's wholesale voice services and asks Simon Bridges revisit the issue in two years.

In musical terms, Lisa Tregenza's business of developing children through music is rising to a crescendo - but she still needs some

Former Telecom chief executive Chris Quin says brand changes have to be earned.

Some of New Zealand's biggest companies are lending their muscle to help start-up businesses get off the ground.

Spark's Jolie Hodson has been named this year's winner of the Deloitte Top 200 Chief Financial Operator of the Year.

The winners of the 2016 Deloitte Top 200 Awards were celebrated at a black tie event this evening with Z Energy winning big.