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Slowly into the future with UFB
Ultra-fast broadband is spreading, but where are the customers? Anthony Doesburg reports.

Chris Barton: Is the Sky TV dream run unravelling?
Rumour has it that the Commission will quietly ask Sky to reconsider its apparently restrictive contracts with ISPs on a mutually agreeable basis, writes Chris Barton.

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.

Editorial: More checks needed on spy powers
Editorial: It is entirely reasonable to allow the GCSB to provide specialist help to other agencies. If this were not so, the SIS, for example, would have to spend millions acquiring the sophisticated equipment operated by the other agency.

Chris Barton: Power competition needs proper regulation
The Labour-Greens' proposal for the electricity industry should be the start of a consumer-led revolution, writes Chris Barton.

Mega launches dev kit, approached by Smart TV maker
Mega’s CEO, Vikram Kumar reveals the future direction for online file storage service started by Kim Dotcom and an approach by a smart TV manufacturer.

Demand for net data doubles
Demand for internet data doubled in the year ending June 2012 and competition between telcos heated up.

New Galaxy comes to NZ
The latest Samsung smartphone went on sale in New Zealand today with rival telcos instantly matching call plans and giving the Galaxy S4 free to customers.

Colin Hogg: Talent show has genuine X Factor
Ethan the apprentice embalmer didn't get through and neither did Sian the supermarket worker from Matamata, or Mason, the country-singing silage contractor from Gore