The administrators of crime-fighting software company, Wynyard, have sold its Cognevo division to Australian telecoms giant, Telstra.

More than 300,000 New Zealanders are connected to fibre broadband.

Millionaire entrepreneur Seeby Woodhouse has been hospitalised.

Rakon posted a first-half loss, blaming a sluggish telecommunications network industry for lacklustre sales.

Spark will waive the usual fees for moving or terminating a broadband contract early for people forced to move as a result of this week's earthquakes.

People in the Kaikoura region are likely to experience degraded phone services for an extended period of time.

The 111 emergency line service wasn't switched over when the Spark office, where the calls are handled, was evacuated.

Customers of BNZ and Kiwibank may face delays in getting through to the lenders, with both banks' primary call-centres based in Wellington.

With an already impressive resume, My Food Bag co-founder Theresa Gattung is at work on a fresh new venture.

The US has levelled an extraordinary threat against Russia admitting it has laid the groundwork for a devastating cyber assault against the country.

The New Zealand Telecommunications industry is blacklisting all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 mobile phones from November 18.

Spark managing director Simon Moutter has reinforced its push to steer customers away from copper broadband.

COMMENT: Telco is keen to make the move into entertainment.

A business claiming it is "backed up" by MediaWorks is taking on Sky and entering the streaming box market.

Sky and Vodafone have the next two weeks to try to allay the ComCom's worries about the pair's planned $3.4 billion merger.

New Zealand shares were mixed, with Sky Network Television, Restaurant Brands New Zealand and A2 Milk Co dropping while Spark New Zealand rose.

The Commerce Commission is delaying its decision over concerns the proposed merged entity would squeeze out smaller rivals.

Some 400k internet users in NZ are on a slower form of internet connection than is available, with almost no cost involved in changing to the faster version.

Sky Network Television increased its annual forecast.

Watch NZH Focus: The project to lay a submarine cable connecting New Zealand Australia is about to enter its final stage.

Spark's Simon Moutter has gifted 6,000 shares to his assistant as appreciation for many years of service.

Chorus will continue to provide free non-standard residential ultrafast broadband installations until 2019.

Sleep-deprived parents make desperate purchases at 3am, but when's the most popular time to be searching for love online?

Samsung's exploding Galaxy Note 7 ranks among some of the biggest PR headaches ever.

A New Zealand customer has come forward with their Samsung Galaxy Note 7, reporting that the device caught fire.

COMMENT: The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone is an unmitigated disaster for the Korean electronics giant, writes Juha Saarinen.

Chorus has handed more of its New Zealand ultrafast broadband network building work to Australia's Visionstream.

COMMENT: If you send anything sensitive, embarrassing, private or otherwise risky stuff, use strong encryption.

Spark is seeking clarification from Yahoo as to whether any of its customers had email searched at the behest of United States intelligence agencies.

COMMENT: Smartphone contracts are complicated and consumers don't understand them.