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.

New Zealand's internet traffic will grow almost threefold by 2018, according to forecasts, mostly driven by a jump in the amount of television, movie and video being watched online.

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.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were so popular on their 10-day tour of NZ they managed to disrupt telcos in some places.

Telecom Corp, the country's biggest telecommunications company, has trimmed the size of a banking facility, while pushing out its maturity date until 2017.

It is entirely possible for New Zealanders to pay far less for broadband than the over-inflated price it currently costs.

Telecommunications network operator Chorus has lost a bid to dismiss a Commerce Commission determination setting the price for services on its copper lines.