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.

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.

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.

Mark Ratcliffe will be resigning from the role around the middle of next year.

Manukau City lead the pack with an average 155 gigabytes consumed per household in June.

There is less you may be able to get away with in Thailand if authorities go ahead with a bold new tourist rule.

Netflix has overtaken YouTube in data usage on three internet providers, showing its popularity in New Zealand.

You've got to be aged under 25 to access Vodafone's new adjustable prepay deals.

New Zealand has more mobile broadband connections than people

The 2degrees mobile network is working again after a nationwide outage tonight, the company has tweeted.

The AOL-Yahoo merger could take place in a wholly unexpected manner - thanks to Verizon, the largest phone carrier in the US.

About 40 households in a remote area of Waikato have been without access to a reliable phone line for weeks.

Telco network company Chorus says it's hunting for 250 new people as it struggles to cope with long delays in fixing faults.

A growing number of people say they are frustrated and annoyed with telecommunications provider Chorus.

Residents of an Auckland neighbourhood have had no - or limited - phone and internet access for six weeks which they say is outrageous.

Government's plans to rewrite legislation governing telecommunications will tilt the regulatory approach.

Why we can't have nice things: while the gaming industry rushes to compete with Pokemon Go, will quality take a back seat?

Pokémon GO might be the biggest internet craze we've seen in a long time - but when it comes to data usage it's just another drop in the online ocean.