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Copper internet intervention slammed
Chorus would get "windfall gains" and have an incentive to "go slow" building the ultra-fast broadband network if the Govt intervenes in the copper internet market, says Vector.
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PM stands by his warning on Chorus
Prime Minister John Key stands by his comments that network company Chorus could "go broke" if a Commerce Commission recommendation to cut internet prices is adopted.
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Telecom lifts 4G data caps
Telecom has raised the amount of mobile internet data offered in its new "4G-ready" plans, but some say users will still chew through monthly allowances.
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New technology means more time on job
Technology such as smartphones has led to spending more time working and increasingly taking work home, a survey has shown.
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Skinny boss aims to widen appeal amid bloodbath
Youth market alone won't get budget brand to where it wants to be, says head of Skinny mobile.
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Smartphones '#1 hack target'
Smartphones have become the number one target for hackers trying to cheat New Zealanders, says a Kiwi academic who has been studying global trends.
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Chris Barton: Copper tax debate continues
What's his game? Is the PM misinformed? Or deliberately spreading misinformation? Chris Barton looks at the issues on the copper tax debate.
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Samsung buys stake in Kiwi tech firm
New Zealand wireless charging start-up PowerbyProxi has secured $4 million in funding from the venture capital arm of South Korean technology giant Samsung.
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Telecom backs intervention on copper prices
Telecom, the country's biggest internet and phone company, says it supports intervention on copper prices.
![$15m earmarked for new internet cable](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
$15m earmarked for new internet cable
The Government has earmarked $15 million towards an international internet cable between New Zealand, Australia and the United States.
![Smart app gets doctors connected](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Smart app gets doctors connected
A Kiwi doctor reckons the smartphone-based technology he's developed has the potential to revolutionise the way medical staff communicate in hospitals.
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Internet scrap boots up
Government intervention in the copper broadband market is a quick fix to rushed policy introduced in 2011, says former Telecommunications Commissioner Ross Patterson.
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Stop Govt broadband intervention - Vodafone
Vodafone has hit out at "ill-conceived" intervention in the copper broadband market proposed by the Government.
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Chorus and copper pricing - the debate
Telecommunications Users association head Paul Brislen and Chorus chief executive Mark Ratcliffe present both sides of the internet pricing debate.
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Chorus defends internet price change
Lines company Chorus has hit back at a campaign to oppose proposed changes to internet pricing, calling it "misleading".