Two NZ companies with similar names to Telecom's internet TV venture, ShowmeTV, say resulting consumer confusion will have "massive implications" on their businesses.

Telecom has revealed its plan to become the Netflix of New Zealand by providing movies and TV shows to subscribers over the internet.

If Telecom harbours the spark of innovation its new name suggests, its internet TV venture could finally crack Sky TV's monopoly on premium content.

Telecom chief executive Simon Moutter says his company's name change is a "marker", showing that its future is very different from its past.

Private companies should change their names only after much consideration.

Chorus has put up an alternative proposal to the Commerce Commission on how its physical copper lines should be regulated.

Telecom is expected to have attracted more mobile customers in the second half of last year.

Sky Network Television, New Zealand's dominant pay television operator, will no longer resell its service through Telecom, the nation's largest phone company.

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Vodafone has settled a case with the Commerce Commission and paid out almost $270,000 to 11,000 customers who signed up to a mobile broadband promotion.

Telstra has sold off its shrinking directories business Sensis as it builds up a multibillion-dollar stockpile of cash to fund investment and, possibly, higher returns for shareholders.

Hackers are using Kiwis' email accounts to send out thousands of spam messages, and Telecom admits it still doesn't know the cause or scale of the problem.

Listed forestry investment company Rubicon is potentially worth more than twice its share price, according to global research firm Edison.

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An advert featuring Kim Dotcom offering "truly unlimited broadband" has been deemed misleading by the advertising watchdog.

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The Financial Markets Authority says it will investigate the trading of shares in Chorus after receiving a complaint about unusual price movements on Friday.

Chorus could cut its funding shortfall for the ultra-fast broadband project from $1 billion to $200-250 million.

Slingshot marketers used login codes to access a Telecom database to improperly switch over customers without their consent.

Internet and phone company Slingshot has been fined $250,000 after it admitted transferring competitors' customers to its business without authority.

A full report on how internet price cuts will affect Chorus' ability to complete its leg of the ultra-fast broadband scheme will be released next week.

Internet company Slingshot has accepted Commerce Commission findings that 27 customers were transferred to it without authorisation.