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.

NZ policymakers need to start planning for 5G mobile infrastructure, Vodafone CEO says.

TeamTalk shareholders will vote on a plan to sell a controlling stake in Farmside.

Telecommunications giant Huawei plans to invest at least $400m in New Zealand.

COMMENT: The Shareholders' Association is on the warpath.

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

This gadget is going to blow the mobile phone market out of the water.

Huawei Technologies will spend $400m on R&D in NZ over the next five years.

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.

The ComCom wants to keep closer tabs on congestion over the country's copper network.

Spark chief financial officer David Chalmers says it won't be increasing its $22.7 million offer for TeamTalk.

Spark New Zealand has confirmed its $22.7 million takeover offer for network minnow TeamTalk.

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

Mavis Mullins has risen to prominence from early roots in Paewai shearing firm.

COMMENT: This is an old fashioned tale of ultra-fast unlimited fibre broadband heartbreak, Matt Heath writes.

Some 50,000 Slingshot customers will be offered power to go along with their broadband this month as the company branches into new

Boyle, known as Midge or Big Bird to his friends, previously co-owned the Warriors league team with Graham Lowe.

The re-released 3310 has a month-long battery and its popular game snake.

Telco 2Degrees has extended free calls and texts as it continues to grapple with a big technical gremlin.

2degrees is offering customers free calling and texting to say "sorry" for a fault causing widespread frustration.

Government has agreed to changes to an overhaul of the spy agencies legislation.

Sky TV boss John Fellet says the failure of his company's plan to merge with Vodafone does not impact on his future.

COMMENT: Why should taxpayers own a commercial broadcasting company that offers unexciting returns, John Drinnan writes.

John Fellet says Sky Television will now dust off its "plan B" after the Commerce Commission rejected its proposed merger with Vodafone.

The Commerce Commission said the merged entity could have leveraged Sky Sport to reduce competition.

Sky TV's shares have been hammered with investors wiping $293 million off the value.

Vocus' New Zealand earnings soared in the latter half of 2016 as the ASX-listed telco benefited from the addition of CallPlus.