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BusinessJune 26

Telecom internet television service needs more detail - broker

Telecom has provided a teaser around its planned internet television product ''Lightbox'', Forsyth Barr broker Andrew Rooney says.

BusinessMay 26

Telecom hit by systems outage

A Telecom hardware failure that left many customers without access to call centres, website, and other commercial resources has now been fixed.

NewsApril 29

Floods cut broadband service

About 500 Telecom customers in the lower South Island have had their ultrafast broadband service cut for the second time in two weeks after the flooded Kakanui River severed a fibre cable near Maheno.

BusinessMarch 3

Telecom name change to cost $20m

Telecom plans to change its name later this year to Spark, and move into the internet television market.

NationalFebruary 21

Telecom plans to become a TV provider - via the internet

Telecom has revealed its plan to provide movies and TV shows to subscribers over the internet.

BusinessFebruary 21

Telecom renaming as 'Spark'

Telecom is changing its name to Spark and later this year will launch ShowmeTV, a new internet television business, the company announced yesterday.

BusinessFebruary 21

Profit statement a reality check for telco

Telecom's profit announcement yesterday was a good reality check for the company with pressures from the legacy business continuing to drag on it, Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms said.

NationalJanuary 12

Telecom in dark about Xtra email problem

Hackers are using New Zealanders' email accounts to send out thousands of spam messages, and Telecom admits it still doesn't know the cause or scale of the problem.

QueenstownJanuary 8

Extra effort for coverage

On a normal Wanaka day, Telecom's mobile phone system handles 25,000 text messages.

BusinessDecember 8

AAPT sale 'positive move' for Telecom

Telecom's sale of its Australian business unit AAPT for $494 million is a good price and positive move for the company as it looks to focus more on New Zealand, say analysts.

BusinessNovember 12

Most of South must wait for 4G

Telecom and Vodafone are both promoting their new 4G high-speed data networks but the experience will remain elusive in the South for a while yet.

BusinessOctober 9

Taking Telecom from staid to hip and diverse

Ethnic diversity, youth and business cloud computing services are at the forefront of Telecom's rebranding as it focuses on building market share, Telecom chief executive Simon Moutter says.

BusinessOctober 7

Telecom 4G not yet for Dunedin

Dunedin is the conspicuous name missing from the list of centres in which Telecom will launch its 4G network on November 12.

BusinessAugust 23

Telecom locks in 16c dividend

Telecom failed to excite the market yesterday with its June-year profit announcement, but it did give investors certainty the 16c-per-share dividend would remain in place for at least another two years.

BusinessJuly 4

Football sweetener for Telecom clients

Telecom has joined with Coliseum Sports Media to offer customers access to English Premier League football matches through its broadband network, but the deal is not exclusive.

QueenstownJune 19

Queenstown gets 4G today

Queenstown and Wanaka residents should be able to access superfast content and information on the move on 4G-capable devices when Vodafone launches 4G today.

BusinessMay 12

Falling Telecom revenue the issue

Telecom will be holding a much-anticipated investor day on Wednesday with the key issue facing the company being falling revenue from the fixed-line portion of its business, Milford Asset Management portfolio manager Jason Windust says.

BusinessApril 8

Telecom 4G network going live this year

Telecom's 4G mobile services will go live in Auckland in October and in Wellington and Christchurch by Christmas.

QueenstownMarch 31

'Ultra Fibre' on its way

Queenstown, Dunedin and Invercargill are among the 16 centres in New Zealand that can expect access to ''Ultra Fibre'' in the next few months, Telecom says.

BusinessMarch 29

Telecom expects 1230 jobs gone by mid-year

Telecom expects to cut up to 1230 jobs by the middle of the year and brokers say the speed of change from the listed company since new chief executive Simon Moutter was appointed is a surprise.

BusinessMarch 13

Telecom to axe Austraia jobs

Telecom is slashing about 120 Gen-i Australia jobs as it starts to implement the new strategy announced at its half-year result release last month.

BusinessFebruary 24

New cable 'won't address monopoly' - Greens

A second internet link out of New Zealand announced today will not address Telecom's "monopoly" on international connectivity, the Green Party says.

BusinessFebruary 21

Telecom strategy under scrutiny

Telecom's first-half 2013 report today is likely be to scrutinised for its strategic outlook and review process, as much as its bottom-line result.

NationalFebruary 17

60,000 hit in Telecom turmoil

Telecom cancelled the passwords of about 60,000 Yahoo! Xtra email accounts on Saturday night to stop spam being sent from customers' accounts.

BusinessFebruary 11

Telecom to continue with roaming rate changes

Telecom says the threat of regulation on roaming charges will not change its plans for more changes to rates for its customers travelling overseas.