Spark is critical of spying laws which leave it up to the company whether to volunteer information about its customers.

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.

Telecommunications companies are concerned about a proposal which will allow companies to volunteer suspicious information about their customers to spying agencies.

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.

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.

There was no queue of Apple fans outside Spark's Queen St store this morning, with robots lining up for pre-order customers instead.

Vodafone earlier pleaded guilty to making false price representations on its mobile 'Red Essentials' plan.

All @xtra.co.nz email accounts will be moved from Yahoo to a New Zealand-based provider.

Simon Moutter fired a shot at rival Sky TV on Twitter when he posted a photo of him packaging up his Sky box to send it back.

Growing revenue in the competitive telecommunications sector is "a big achievement" Vodafone's CEO says.

Skinny Mobile has revamped its mobile offer with a digital makeover 12 months in the making in a bid to retain customers.

Herald investigation: The weather, the skilled-labour shortage, the outsourcing. The Herald examines why Chorus has clocked up a record number of faults.

COMMENT: Vodafone's working hard to avoid being in a "dumb pipe" situation, writes Juha Saarinen.

The massive growth in data usage has seen Spark add additional data to plans at no extra cost.

Kordia increased tax-paid profit by 33 per cent to $12.3 million in the year to June 30.