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.

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.

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.

Youth market alone won't get budget brand to where it wants to be, says head of Skinny mobile.

Smartphones have become the number one target for hackers trying to cheat New Zealanders, says a Kiwi academic who has been studying global trends.

What's his game? Is the PM misinformed? Or deliberately spreading misinformation? Chris Barton looks at the issues on the copper tax debate.

New Zealand wireless charging start-up PowerbyProxi has secured $4 million in funding from the venture capital arm of South Korean technology giant Samsung.

Telecom, the country's biggest internet and phone company, says it supports intervention on copper prices.

The Government has earmarked $15 million towards an international internet cable between New Zealand, Australia and the United States.

A Kiwi doctor reckons the smartphone-based technology he's developed has the potential to revolutionise the way medical staff communicate in hospitals.

Government intervention in the copper broadband market is a quick fix to rushed policy introduced in 2011, says former Telecommunications Commissioner Ross Patterson.

Vodafone has hit out at "ill-conceived" intervention in the copper broadband market proposed by the Government.

Telecommunications Users association head Paul Brislen and Chorus chief executive Mark Ratcliffe present both sides of the internet pricing debate.

Lines company Chorus has hit back at a campaign to oppose proposed changes to internet pricing, calling it "misleading".