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Spark hikes its prices

Spark says it has 'no choice' but to hike retail prices for its home phone and broadband plans, a move that will kick in from February.

Juha Saarinen: Data centres and Amazon's amazing scale

Cloud computing is built on data centres which are sprouting out of the ground like weeds at the moment around the world.

Chorus shares rise to 13-month high

Chorus shares rose to a 13-month high after the Comcom lifted the price it can charge for access to its copper lines.

Juha Saarinen: Internet prices and ye olde copper network

Everyone's poring over the Commerce Commission's draft decision on ye olde copper phone line network. And no one's happy.

Price warning after Chorus win

Spark has warned that its prices could rise after the Commerce Commission this morning proposed a new wholesale rate that Chorus can charge retailers.

Mobile phone pricing competitive: report

New Zealand's mobile phone sector is performing well on an international basis, with competitive pricing and good mobile coverage, according to a report by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.

NZ mobile industry tracking well - NZIER

Spark forges closer ties with Huawei

Spark New Zealand has got closer to Chinese telecommunications vendor Huawei Technologies in an expanded deal.

Apps use taking over from calls, texts

Mobile phone users are increasingly turning to messaging apps and shunning traditional calling and texting.

Censor takes aim at web movie access

NZ’s chief censor is mulling charges against Slingshot and Orcon, which both give customers access to websites with movies that could be either unclassified or banned.

Further job cuts loom in telco sector

An analyst says further job cuts in the telco sector will occur in coming months as Spark looks to cut staff in its technical department.

Juha Saarinen: Return of SIM locking shackles NZ to the past

Having a mobile phone account in New Zealand has become quite a bit less of a hassle than it was just a few years ago.

Spark confirms job cuts

Spark confirmed today that it would be cutting jobs as rival Vodafone New Zealand announced it would shed a significant number of staff before March.

Spark briefly becomes market's top dog

Spark NZ yesterday briefly reclaimed the top spot as the most valuable company on the NZX, a position it once firmly held in its previous incarnation as Telecom.

NZX's best shares of 2014 (+graphic)

Check out a snapshot of some of the stellar performers on the New Zealand sharemarket this year, as it surged ahead breaking new records.

NZ sharemarket extends gains

New Zealand shares gained for a third day yesterday, paced by Contact Energy and TrustPower, as investors spooked by recent volatility sought high-yield stocks. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare rose to a record.

Juha Saarinen: Broadband slowdown and bad TradeMe experiences

Chorus has decided not to anger its customers, and has pulled the proposals that could have led to slower broadband performance for everyone.

The internet: How Kiwis are faring

Nearly all New Zealanders have affordable internet access but there are disparities in low-income areas and for satellite service users, new research shows.