Auckland woman Louise Black waited 90 minutes until her call to telco Spark was answered. She is not alone.

Mobile data speed of 1.15 gigabits per second is the fastest mobile data speed in New Zealand, says Spark.

Australian fans of the English Premier League will have to become an Optus customer to watch their team next season.

Advances in technology helped unlock new lifesaving capabilities in the aftermath of the devastating quake a year ago.

Chorus' Fibre Lab peels back the pavement to show the fibre network being laid beneath our feet.

Chorus is rolling out a tool for customers to track the progress of their fibre connection order.

Cyclist-hating TeamTalk boss David Ware has resigned and will now head to his farm to "watch the grass grow".

WATCH: The latest piece of cable connecting New Zealand to the world wide web has landed in Raglan.

New Zealand's internet speeds continue to get faster, according to an international report on broadband speeds.

Skinny Mobile has been recognised for its customer service with two awards.

Cable firm that wants to connect NZ to US via Hawaii secures funding for the project, which backers claim could make caps on broadband contracts a thing of the past.

Spark has been given the go-ahead to buy an unused radio spectrum and expand its wireless services.

Spark customers on some monthly plans will be able to continue streaming music on Spotify for free.

The Tasman Global Access Cable will connect New Zealand and Australia.

Customers will need to apply online before the end of April to get the money.

World's third-largest phone maker expands its mobile vision with two-in-one tablet device, reports Bill Bennett.

Falling fixed line business is being more than offset by better mobile and broadband, says Spark.

TeamTalk shares jumped 22 per cent after the listed telecommunications firm's first-half profit rebounded from a year earlier.

The Internet giant is getting interested in building next-gen cable boxes.

Investment in the telecommunications sector has hit $1.7 billion annually but could shrink if returns don't rise, warns Spark chief executive Simon Moutter.

New Zealand has a telecommunications sector outperforming its OECD counterparts in a number of ways according to a report released by an industry lobby group.

Tse's mother still upholds traditions such as the lucky red envelopes (hong bao), usually a monetary gift.

Two of New Zealand's biggest internet and mobile providers have been slammed in a customer satisfaction survey.

Aussie customers are getting their $5-per-day roaming fee waived in New Zealand, but Kiwi customers won't get the same deal.

Breaking up might be hard to do, but unions take work too.

Video updates and apps for staff are among the tools being put to work at Spark Digital.

The Motorola brand is being phased out by Lenovo. Once the market leader, Motorola even worked on a phone with Apple.

Intagr8 Ltd was placed in liquidation last month.