If there is any justice, there is a special place reserved in hell for people who make a living designing the way computers "talk" to you. The capacity of programmers to make stuff only they can understand flash up on the screen is as mysterious as the Im

Rodney Hide writes: Prime Minister John Key likes to text. So, perhaps it would help us all if Labour and the Greens drew up a list of whom the Prime Minister can and can't text?

Chorus shares rose to a 13-month high after the Comcom lifted the price it can charge for access to its copper lines.

Spark has warned that its prices could rise after the Commerce Commission this morning proposed a new wholesale rate that Chorus can charge retailers.

New Zealand's mobile phone sector is performing well on an international basis, with competitive pricing and good mobile coverage, according to a report by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.

Spark New Zealand has got closer to Chinese telecommunications vendor Huawei Technologies in an expanded deal.

Mobile phone users are increasingly turning to messaging apps and shunning traditional calling and texting.

New Zealand is on the edge of a smartphone revolution being led from an epicentre in Asia.

New York has unveiled the most ambitious plan yet for the payphone of the future offering WiFi connections, free calls and more.

Talkback host Danny Watson is taking his show to the bottom of the world. The Newstalk ZB personality will broadcast live from Antarctica for three days next week.

Spark says it is nearing the end of the first phase of its transformation from a traditional telco to a digital services business.

Creditors have accepted a 20c-in-the-dollar proposal from one of Orcon’s former owners but a court has yet to approve the deal.

Having a mobile phone account in New Zealand has become quite a bit less of a hassle than it was just a few years ago.

An analyst says further job cuts in the telco sector will occur in coming months as Spark looks to cut staff in its technical department.

Spark confirmed today that it would be cutting jobs as rival Vodafone New Zealand announced it would shed a significant number of staff before March.

A 14-year-old boy suspected of planning a series of bombings in Vienna was reported yesterday to have been offered US$25,000 by Isis to carry out the attacks and claims that two other youths recruited in the same way remain at large.

Searchers can now locate and rescue people missing somewhere in a staggeringly large area in as little as 40 minutes thanks to advancing technology.

Nearly all New Zealanders have affordable internet access but there are disparities in low-income areas and for satellite service users, new research shows.

Vodafone NZ says it is not planning major job cuts after internal speculation that the telecommunications giant was looking at a significant management reduction.

One of the former owners of internet company Orcon who has debts of $3.57m has avoided bankruptcy and will attempt to appease creditors with a $343,000 deal.

Chorus' proposed changes to wholesale broadband services are likely to breach "good faith" terms set by the Commerce Commission, according to a legal opinion obtained by the regulator.

Chorus’ proposed changes to wholesale broadband services are likely to breach “good faith” terms, according to legal advice received by the Commerce Commission.

They make their money helping Kiwis communicate but the biggest telcos in the country aren't quick to pick up the phone when customers call.

Sky TV's big result on Friday was a reminder that while we can all see the future, real profits live in the present.