More New Zealanders are diagnosing their illnesses online instead of going to their GP, according to a new survey.

Contractor Transfield Services is proposing to make 154 staff redundant, saying it needed to adapt its telecommunications business to stay ahead of significant changes.

New mobile network 2degrees is spearheading a campaign against New Zealand's relatively high mobile termination rates.

A telecommunications lobby group says 2degrees' low price entry into the mobile phone market shows we've been paying too much all along.

Newcomer mobile phone company 2degrees says pre-paid customers have been 'treated like second class citizens' until now.