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Google plans translation device for phone calls
Google is working on plans to turn smartphones into translators which would allow callers to speak into the phone in their own language.
Vodafone NZ gains mobile customers
Vodafone New Zealand gained 19,000 mobile customers last quarter, snapping nine straight quarters when it shed clients.
British phone answering service in Auckland grows
Opening a New Zealand office has proven to be a successful experiment for the British 24-hour a day telephone answering service, Moneypenny.
Staff cuts see Telecom exit building
Big staff reductions have prompted Telecom to leave one of its four buildings at its headquarters on Victoria St, Auckland.
Telecom unveils Coliseum soccer deal
Telecom is hoping to drive customers on to faster broadband services with a deal to offer discounted online access to the English Premier League football.
New law unworkable: Dotcom
A new law which could see internet giants like Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and Google forced to open up their systems to NZ's spy agencies is 'unworkable'.
Slowly into the future with UFB
Ultra-fast broadband is spreading, but where are the customers? Anthony Doesburg reports.
Telecom restructure to cost up to $130m
Telecom now expects the costs of restructuring its business to be between $100 million and $130 million.
Telcos bill draws flak from Labour
A bill giving the GCSB spy agency and the Prime Minister sweeping powers over telecommunications providers has been introduced in Parliament to an outcry from Opposition parties who say there has been little explanation as to why it is needed.
Toby Manhire: Spy bill papering over cracked masonry
It takes a special class of sleep-deprived conspiracist to imagine John Key would have welcomed, let alone engineered, the Aaron Gilmore brouhaha, writes Toby Manhire.