The police communication network has been restored following a fibre optic cable failure this afternoon.

The recent flurry of gosh-how-shocking stories about female consumption of pornography is emblematic.

Telecom has been hit with a $12m penalty, the highest imposed under the Commerce Act, for anti-competitive conduct dating back to 2001. The High Court found that from 2001 to 2004 Telecom unlawfully charged disproportionately high prices

Some new homes built in areas marketed as "fibre ready" do not have the wiring to support ultra-fast broadband, says an industry standards group.

Telecom executives' salaries are 'unacceptably high', says a shareholders group. 'They are blaming everyone but themselves for the company's faltering financial position', the group claims.

Scammers are increasingly abandoning email and hitting the phones to swindle money from their victims.

Vodafone is watching the overseas use of technology capable of locking drivers out of mobile phone functions.

Usually when there are internet problems in former Soviet countries, people suspect nefarious government interference.