Telecom XT

Telecom says it has problems with people making calls on its XT network.

Telecom is preparing for the final closure of its CDMA mobile network, the network that saved its battered reputation during the major XT network failures earlier this year.

Telecom last night relaunched its marketing campaign for its fast, but troubled, XT mobile network with an advertising campaign led by chief executive Paul Reynolds and a 30-day risk-free trial.

After a horror week on the markets, with its share price crashing to a record low, Telecom's fortunes look like they have started to improve.

Telecom's XT mobile network was unable to cope with the number of customers wanting to switch to the ultra-fast service, the company said yesterday.

The Dunedin City Council is switching to Vodafone for its landline and cellular calls.

A $75,000 "goodwill gesture" from Telecom will go towards native plantings at Harbour Cone, Middlemarch and Warrington, in Dunedin, after the company sought to make amends for the failures of its XT system.

Telecom's troubled XT network is now running fully again in the top of the North Island after a three-hour outage today.

Thousands of Telecom XT phones users in the top half of the North Island were left frustrated when the troubled network failed again this morning.

The Otago and Southland district health boards' compensation package from Telecom is worth about $24,300, says regional chief information officer Grant Taylor.