A telemarketing company which switched broadband customers to Slingshot without their consent has been fined almost $170,000.

Phoebe Falconer answers our readers' questions about transport or any other Auckland issue.

The Government has thrown its backing - but not its money - behind a mobile phone recycling programme.

More kiwis are making the switch to the super-fast 4G mobile network and as coverage areas increase, how we are using our smart devices is also changing.

Telecommunications company Vocus is buying fibre-line provider FX Networks and says it will become NZ’s third largest network operator if the sale goes through.

Telecom's $20 million name change will happen on August 8 and within months Spark will replace the existing branding at 70 stores, 8000 retailers and on 3000 payphones.

The government has entered a 25 year contract with Hawaiki Cable worth to secure a new international telecommunications cable capable of handling huge data loads.

Two Degrees Mobile pared back losses in the year to Dec. 31 and reported positive operating earnings for the second year since its establishment.

CallPlus has announced it has bought rival Orcon, giving New Zealand's third-biggest internet company 15 per cent market share and more than 220,000 customers.

Traveling to countries like Egypt and Turkey in my 20s it was a given that you would have to bargain to buy something.

A drench gun that receives data via wifi to calculate the exact dosage needed, and a capsule inside a cow that sends data to a smartphone about its health.

Phone companies have revealed the extent of Govt agency spying on their networks, with more than 70 secret wire taps last year in New Zealand alone.

Telecom says more details of its online television service are "close" and will be unveiled before the company changes its name to Spark in August.

Chorus's BBB credit rating was affirmed by Standard & Poor's with a negative outlook that reflects prospects for the network company's 'headroom' within financial covenants to shrink.

Auckland-based Customer Radar aims to turn the traditional "mystery shopper" way of rating company performance on its head.