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Shock as Vodafone billing glitch reveals customer details
Vodafone thinks the privacy breach is a one-off at this stage of its probe.
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ComCom takes legal action against Slingshot, Orcon over alleged failure to disclose early termination fees
The commission is seeking refunds for up to 5222 affected customers.
Spark tells irate mobile users to try the competition - it may pay off
Vodafone promises new cell sites from this month; Spark later next year.
Chorus staff in Auckland to move offices in early 2022
In 2019, 66 Wyndham St was sold to an overseas business 80% owned by US interests.
The dust up, then stress: Two years of struggle at the Havelock North cellphone tower
The neighbourhood took on Spark. The stress it brought the Fookes' has been significant.
Elderly victims lose $46,000 to phone scam
Scammers are preying on the politeness of the elderly.
Telecommunications: We've come a long way from the bad old days
OPINION: Today you can do more with telecommunications for less than ever before.
Green light given to businesses for rapid antigen Covid-19 tests
Big businesses have been granted an exemption to import and introduce rapid antigen tests.
Telco provider hits back with witty response following outage, offers to compensate customer 8c
2degrees broadband services were briefly down in Auckland on Tuesday evening.
Can the 2degrees-Orcon merger win approval? Experts' verdict
The long, the short and the approvability of a $2.3 billion deal.
2degrees owner confirms merger talks with Orcon
A union of 2degrees and Orcon would have nearly 20% of the NZ market, analyst says.
Phone woes as major outage hits some call centre lines across New Zealand
Customers are being told to use other online methods to communicate.
2degrees, Vocus enter merger talks
Why the $2.3 billion deal would work for both companies.
Vodafone hangs up on copper, Chorus hits pause
As an old technology is switched off, a new war begins.
After three years, Havelock North's controversial 4G tower is up
Cell tower finally up in village
Premium: 2degrees CEO reveals new HQ in Auckland
2degrees CEO Mark Aue reveals the 'completely different workspaces' of the telco's new Fanshawe St office in Auckland CBD. Video / Dean Purcell
Samsung slashes prices in bid to boost foldable phone sales
More durable handsets, more apps getting foldable-friendly.
Dawn karakia opens new 2degrees headquarters
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'Speechless': Man drops phone in river, woman finds it months later — still working
The story of a phone lost in the river, a dearly missed dog - and a whole lot of luck.
Long waits reported for police non-emergency line
Police say a third of calls to the 105 line are abandoned before an operator picks up.
'Mysterious string of lights': Elon Musk's satellites spotted above Auckland
"It was 5am, I was half-awake and I was thinking, What am I looking at?"
Vodafone data outage across NZ causes headaches at Covid vaccination centres
Vodafone has reported customers have lost data for some fixed and mobile connections.
Telco giant given greenlight to build Whangārei satellite station
Nine satellite antennas to go atop a hill just south of Whangārei.
Northpower focused on UFB for subdivisions, satellite communities
Northpower buys Crown Infrastructure Partners' last shares in subsidiary Northpower Fibre.
Rural ISPs attack 'utterly insane' Vodafone plan, 'foot-dragging' minister
Vodafone, Spark, Clark respond to slams from Wispa.
Juha Saarinen: Elon Musk's challenge to Kiwi rural broadband providers
New broadband option is bound to tempt some users.
Meet the Kiwis living with worse mobile coverage than the developing world
The Government is forking out $270m in a race to end mobile black spots by 2022.
'Mindblowing': Kiwis head online for Christmas, use 'astonishing', record breaking levels of data
Kiwis have used "astonishing" amount of data over Christmas and Boxing Day.
Millions of phones hit by WhatsApp change on January 1
Will your phone be one of the millions affected?
Cyber hack against US a 'grave threat'
The cyber hack compromised federal agencies and infrastructure in a sophisticated attack.