Telecommunications behemoth Digicel is considering buying Telecom New Zealand's interest in the Cook Islands' biggest phone and internet phone provider.

I have been in the job eight months now, it's been full of challenges, and we are starting to see real traction.

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

An even temper, good manners and careful record keeping can help defeat call centres that don't co-operate.

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

Only about half of New Zealand kids aged 5 to 10 know the danger of speaking to online friends and a fifth of those would like to meet them in real life.

Stories carried overnight by international media say US and UK spies have spent years trawling online games for terrorists and informants.

New blacklisting system will help stop mobile phone thefts by reducing street value of stolen devices, say police.

Telecom has sold its Australian AAPT unit for A$450m to ASX-listed internet service provider, TPG Telecom, beating initial expectations of what the unit would go for.

Chorus' share price has plunged by 50 per cent over the past year - now one of its big shareholders, BNY Mellon, has cut its holding from 7.45pc to 6.3pc. Photo / NZ Herald

Chorus' ultra-fast broadband contracts could be changed to ensure the project is not at risk.

Communications Minister Amy Adams has opened fire on Vodafone, saying the telecommunications giant silently backed the so-called "copper tax" coalition.

Hurrah for democracy. Hurrah for independent regulators. And bloody good job by the parties who gave a collective "no" to National Party cronyism, writes Chris Barton.

New Zealanders may have to wait longer for cheaper internet after Chorus yesterday initiated court action to challenge the Commerce Commission's ruling.

Chorus is taking the Commerce Commission to the High Court over whether the regulator applied the law correctly in making cuts to wholesale broadband prices.

Chorus shares fell to their lowest after minor political parties said they would not support the Government if it tried to override the Commerce Commission's recommendation to cut internet prices.

The Government's support partners have come out against the proposal to override the Commerce Commission's recommendation of a cut to internet prices.

Telecom has joined forces with Sir Ray Avery's technology startup and will invest $5m to help develop a wristband that constantly monitors someone's vitals and stores the info online.

Internet provider Slingshot will undercut rivals on price when it offers customers ultra-fast broadband in the next fortnight as competition in the fibre market heats up.

Telecom's English Premier League deal was a test to see how customers use online TV, says chief executive Simon Moutter.

Poor, elderly, small town dwellers and Maori and Pacific people are being left on the wrong side of the "digital divide", according to a new survey of NZ internet use.