People in the Kaikoura region are likely to experience degraded phone services for an extended period of time.

Most of Spark's South Island broadband and landline network is hanging by a thread. A cable running along the island's east coast

Customers of BNZ and Kiwibank may face delays in getting through to the lenders, with both banks' primary call-centres based in Wellington.

What you need to know about the earthquake and tsunami and what people in the above coastal areas should do.

COMMENT: The roll-out of 5G, the fifth generation of wireless broadband technology, is just around the corner.

The Commerce Commission is proposing changes Chorus has to provide retail service providers on its copper lines.

The US has levelled an extraordinary threat against Russia admitting it has laid the groundwork for a devastating cyber assault against the country.

The New Zealand Telecommunications industry is blacklisting all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 mobile phones from November 18.

Spark managing director Simon Moutter has reinforced its push to steer customers away from copper broadband.

Sky and Vodafone have the next two weeks to try to allay the ComCom's worries about the pair's planned $3.4 billion merger.

New Zealand shares were mixed, with Sky Network Television, Restaurant Brands New Zealand and A2 Milk Co dropping while Spark New Zealand rose.

The Commerce Commission is delaying its decision over concerns the proposed merged entity would squeeze out smaller rivals.

Some 400k internet users in NZ are on a slower form of internet connection than is available, with almost no cost involved in changing to the faster version.

AT&T's $85.4b purchase of Time Warner could escape regulatory scrutiny from a key player in telecommunication mega-deals.

Sky Network Television chief John Fellet has hit out at submissions opposing a merger with Vodafone.

Sky Network Television increased its annual forecast.

Watch NZH Focus: The project to lay a submarine cable connecting New Zealand Australia is about to enter its final stage.

Chorus will continue to provide free non-standard residential ultrafast broadband installations until 2019.

Samsung's exploding Galaxy Note 7 ranks among some of the biggest PR headaches ever.

A New Zealand customer has come forward with their Samsung Galaxy Note 7, reporting that the device caught fire.

COMMENT: The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone is an unmitigated disaster for the Korean electronics giant, writes Juha Saarinen.

Chorus has handed more of its New Zealand ultrafast broadband network building work to Australia's Visionstream.

COMMENT: If you send anything sensitive, embarrassing, private or otherwise risky stuff, use strong encryption.

Spark is seeking clarification from Yahoo as to whether any of its customers had email searched at the behest of United States intelligence agencies.

COMMENT: Smartphone contracts are complicated and consumers don't understand them.

COMMENT: We need to stop handing criminals and spies easy access to digital weapons of mass destruction.

The Commerce Commission's practice of releasing the companies it receives the most complaints about has been criticised.

Telcos Spark and Vodafone have topped the list as the most complained about companies according to the Commerce Commission. Have you ever had any issues?

Imagine being able to download the entire Game of Thrones series in high definition in less than one second.

COMMENT: Plethora of sub-sea cables blast away tyranny of distance as New Zealand's internet just gets faster.