Mobile phone companies and regulators face a stark choice in the next few years: double the number of cellsites to 5000, allow existing cellsites to be built higher, or take the radical step of sanctioning a single mobile access network that would be shared by all.
Three Maori groups have filed a claim at the Waitangi Tribunal to seek a share of radio spectrum worth more than $100 million that will be released by the government following the closure of analogue television after 2013.
Hybrid Television may cross swords with Sky Television by including Prime's programme listings on digital video recorder TiVo's electronic programme guide without the permission of Sky.
Efforts to reach a voluntary deal on mobile termination rates may have fallen at the final hurdle after Telecom failed to persuade Vodafone to agree cuts deep enough to win over the Commerce Commission.
Infratil will install its Snapper smart card readers in Auckland buses operated by subsidiary NZ Bus by the end of next year.
The Government looks set to press ahead with plans to fund the bulk of a $300 million upgrade to rural broadband through a levy on telecommunications companies, despite opposition to the scheme.
Telecom may boost efforts to sell fibre-optic connections to schools and businesses in the new year to cherry-pick customers, analysts say.
Transpower has been lined up by officials to play a major part in the Government's $1.5 billion ultrafast broadband roll-out by providing "backhaul" links between the 33 regions where fibre will be laid.
Sky Television and Vodafone have announced that Sky customers who have their landline and broadband with Vodafone will receive Sky’s MySky HDi personal video recorder at no extra cost over their Sky subscription from December 7.
Telecom chief executive Paul Reynolds says the company is talking to other businesses about how it could participate in the Government's $1.5 billion ultrafast broadband investment initiative.
Simon Allen, the newly appointed chairman of Crown Fibre Holdings, admits he is no technology expert, but says he believes in the power of "enabling" infrastructure such as fibre-optic cable to transform economies.
Telecom has reported a 9 percent rise in first quarter profits to $163 million, thanks to a $43m gain from changes in tax law.
Telecom's relationship with Wellington had been showing signs of strain.
The Commerce Commission is prosecuting Vodafone for six breaches of the Fair Trading Act, claiming it misled consumers in broadband and mobile phone advertisements.
The IBM datacentre responsible for Air New Zealand's computer failure is not best equipped to host mission-critical applications and may need to be replaced or retrofitted with extra generators to bring it up to best practice, sources say.