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2degrees latest telco to cut staff, One NZ confirms post-restructure numbers
The telco's technology team has been restructured.
One NZ unionised call centre workers vote on strike
The union says a 'unilateral' remote work rule is provocative but One NZ says it's fair.
Job cuts at Spark, with AI in the frame
The telco cites 'unsustainable' increase in labour costs.
Spark reveals aggressive data centre plans - involving a Dairy Flat surf park
Major project for Dairy Flat.
Spark’s first-half profit dips, but reaffirms full-year guidance
Telco reports its half-year numbers.
Chorus chief executive to depart, new CEO named
JB Rousselot to step down in April.
AT puts security guards on closed Meola Rd to protect workers
The closure was recently extended for three more months until the end of April.
2degrees fires shots at One NZ deal
'2degrees’ lack of spectrum is limiting our ability to compete with Spark and One.'
Meta pays first ever dividend, Apple rebounds, Amazon surges
Three of Wall Street's "Magnificent Seven" report.
Poor rural broadband highlighted in briefing to new Communications Minister
Elon Musk's Starlink could be in for more costs and regulation, if MBIE gets its way.
One NZ cuts staff, continues talks with union over WFH reduction
The union opposes a move to three days in the office, up from the previous two.
Hands-on: Samsung bets big on AI with Galaxy S24 phones
Circle to Search, live translation of phone calls, erasing people from pics.
NZ’s most embarrassing tech disasters, Part 1
Sometimes, tech enriches our lives. Other times ... oh, boy.
Biggest foreign investment deals of 2023
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One NZ staff protest over work-from-home policy
The telecommunications company was a pioneer of flexi-time work in 2020.
Telecommunications sites targeted in spate of solar panel thefts
Two men have been remanded in custody until January 8 next year.
2degrees starts ‘cell tower in space’ trial in Nelson - what customers can expect
Lynk hooks up with A-Rod for $1.6 billion IPO. One NZ updates on Starlink partnership.
Spark offers free mobile during landline broadband outages, tests satellite service
Satellites could cover for damaged fibre during the next natural disaster, the telco says.
Picking the right phone or broadband plan: Watchdog puts heat on telcos with five new measures
Telcos have not been following the watchdog's other recommendations.
One NZ layoffs: 'This is not about AI taking people’s jobs'
Move comes against the backdrop of transition to being "an AI-led" telco.
New bright red radios donated to rescuers
Pelican packs and new radios donated after Cyclone Gabrielle highlighted comms importance.
Out of tune: Dozens of jobs to be cut as Chorus embeds new structure
'Sadly, we will see people leaving the company early next year.'
Does Starship blowing up, again, put One NZ’s promise of a 'mobile-to-satellite service in 2024' at risk?
PLUS: 2degrees, Spark update on plans with Starlink rival Lynk.
54 billion minutes of silence: The astonishing death of the phone call
Telegraph: Why the long phone call is becoming a thing of the past.
Christopher Niesche: A lesson for Optus - don’t mock your customers
A handy crisis management tip.
Australia's Optus blackout explained: What is a ‘deep network’ outage?
Optus suffered one of the largest telecommunications outages in Australian history.
‘An extra lane on the motorway’ - One NZ wants to buy Dense Air, rival snarls
Commerce Commission to referee Dense Air deal, which could hurt Spark and 2degrees.
Fibre sale touted as win for Bay consumers
'Now is the right time to hand the stewardship on to a parent company.'
Chorus unveils tool to help it face the next big natural disaster
Plus: Spark, One and 2degrees update on their post-Gabrielle efforts to boost resilience.
Infratil’s CDC Data Centres gets another valuation hike, Auckland plans expanded
Yet another revaluation as CDC's construction plans expanded, accelerated.
Consumer Watchdog critical as Contact Energy hikes prices by 10pc
Price rise for around half the firm's customers. Move follows broadband price rise.
$478K in refunds for Slingshot and Orcon customers over undisclosed break fees
Payments, which follow High Court action, range between $149 and $250 per customer.