A 2288km fibre optic cable between New Zealand and Australia is officially in service.

NZ policymakers need to start planning for 5G mobile infrastructure, Vodafone CEO says.

TeamTalk shareholders will vote on a plan to sell a controlling stake in Farmside.

Telecommunications giant Huawei plans to invest at least $400m in New Zealand.

COMMENT: The Shareholders' Association is on the warpath.

TeamTalk to sell controlling stake in Farmside to Vodafone as Spark circles.

This gadget is going to blow the mobile phone market out of the water.

Spark says an independent valuation range for its takeover target lacks credibility.

Sky TV and Vodafone are appealing the Commerce Commission's decision to decline the merger

COMMENT: Mobile plans with data caps won't make use of new 4.5G networks, Juha Saarinen writes.

The ComCom wants to keep closer tabs on congestion over the country's copper network.

2degrees is taking on 60 temporary staff members this week to deal with customer issues.

Spark chief financial officer David Chalmers says it won't be increasing its $22.7 million offer for TeamTalk.

Spark New Zealand has confirmed its $22.7 million takeover offer for network minnow TeamTalk.

Adam Thomson started tweeting when his call reached the one hour mark, asking if anyone had broken that record.

Mavis Mullins has risen to prominence from early roots in Paewai shearing firm.

COMMENT: This is an old fashioned tale of ultra-fast unlimited fibre broadband heartbreak, Matt Heath writes.

Boyle, known as Midge or Big Bird to his friends, previously co-owned the Warriors league team with Graham Lowe.

2degrees is offering customers free calling and texting to say "sorry" for a fault causing widespread frustration.

Sky TV boss John Fellet says the failure of his company's plan to merge with Vodafone does not impact on his future.

COMMENT: Why should taxpayers own a commercial broadcasting company that offers unexciting returns, John Drinnan writes.

John Fellet says Sky Television will now dust off its "plan B" after the Commerce Commission rejected its proposed merger with Vodafone.

Sky TV will need to change the way it operates if it wants to remain competitive following its failed attempt to merge with Vodafone, analysts say.

The Commerce Commission said the merged entity could have leveraged Sky Sport to reduce competition.

Sky TV's shares have been hammered with investors wiping $293 million off the value.

Spark New Zealand and 2Degrees have been granted a stay on the proposed merger between rival Vodafone New Zealand and pay-TV operator Sky Network Television.

Vocus' New Zealand earnings soared in the latter half of 2016 as the ASX-listed telco benefited from the addition of CallPlus.

Mark Ratcliffe says he has achieved more than he dreamed was possible as chief executive of Chorus and that he is leaving the telecommunications

Spark has launched legal action seeking a short-term pause if the proposed Sky TV/Vodafone NZ merger gets the green light from the Commerce Commission.

Chorus beat first-half profit expectations and raised its forecast for annual earnings, even as connection numbers fell.