Slingshot and Orcon subscribers with backdoor access to American pay TV services have survived a 5pm deadline and will keep their global mode services, for the time being.

The new Aussie owners of Call Plus won't rule out continuing with its Global Mode service and says it is up to existing owners to deal with broadcasters' legal challenges.

Founders of the country's third-largest telco and broadband provider, CallPlus, have sold the company for $250 million.

Technology columnist Chris Barton comments on the problems with the Harmful Digital Communications Bill.

On Thursday entertainment and television players Spark, MediaWorks, Sky and TVNZ fired a warning shot to Slingshot, Orcon and Bypass Network Services.

The Commerce Commission is to review the terms under which Chorus offers unbundled bitstream access (UBA) to retail telecommunications companies.

Mobile brand 2Degrees has called a media briefing for this morning to "announce a major development regarding the future of the business."

Vodafone New Zealand is helping to boost education in refugee areas with the development of its instant classroom - a digital "school in a box".

Almost no one outside his inner circle knows what David Teoh looks like.

A top Google exec has confirmed that the search giant wants to start offering wireless service.

Kordia Group, the broadcasting and telecommunications network operator, returned to a profit in the first half on an improved performance at its Australian business.

Spark has agreed to sell its Telecom Rentals business for $106 million to Australian financial services company FlexiGroup.

An Auckland woman has slammed Spark for a “threatening” voicemail message which warned her that her overdue phone bill could affect her ability to call 111.

The top speakers at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona are two Americans who symbolise pressing threats for Europe's carriers.

New Zealand shares rose yesterday, paced by Chorus as its first-half earnings met with market expectations. Xero rose to a four-month high as a seller exited the stock.

Australia's largest telco, Telstra, is also pursuing an Asian expansion strategy, and on Friday appointed the man in charge of that expansion to run the entire company.

British and American spy agencies allegedly hacked into a Dutch company that make SIM cards to obtain encryption keys.

A new consumer behaviour survey backs other research that there is a growth of "digital dependency" in New Zealand, according to a leading academic.

Broker Forsyth Barr is tipping a drop in profit at Spark when the NZX's biggest listed company reports its half-year result tomorrow.

Yesterday's five-hour long service outage meant smart phones were useless for customers in many parts of the North Island.