Telecom and Vodafone seem to have the inside running in building the $285 million rural broadband network under the Government's initiative.
A Government decision to award a rural broadband contract to Telecom and Vodafone might leave rural internet users with worse service than those in urban centres, the Labour Party says.
Telecom is investigating what it says is potentially fraudulent accessing of customer information on its database.
Vodafone is warning consumers there is no guarantee the price of cellphone-to-cellphone calls will drop despite the Commerce Commission's recommending a slashing of wholesale rates.
The Commerce Commission has decided that Telecom's new wholesale broadband service VDSL2, or very-high-speed digital subscriber line 2, does not need to be regulated.
Telecom has scored something of a coup, being selected for preferred negotiations for the ultra-fast broadband (UFB) initiative and the spin-off for investors could be the listing of Chorus on the NZX.
The possibility of Telecom being entirely excluded from the Government's ultra fast broadband initiative (UFB) still remains and is not diminishing, Forsyth Barr broker Suzanne Kinnaird says.
Vodafone and Telecom have tried to head off their likely competition to close the Government's so-called "digital divide" by yesterday announcing a joint bid to the Rural Broadband...
Telecom's forecast after-tax profit for its first-quarter trading is expected to come in at $84 million to $87 million when it reports today, brokers Craigs Investment Partners and Forsyth Barr say.
The Commerce Commission is investigating whether Telecom's Wholesale business unit is likely to have discriminated against telecommunications providers in favour of Telecom's Retail arm.
Telecom yesterday laid down a challenge to the Government to involve the company in the ultra-fast broadband project and avoid unnecessary duplication.
A motorist's encounter with the malfunctioning text-to-pay service of a Dunedin parking machine is a glitch, and not a system-wide fault, the Dunedin City Council says.
The structural separation of Telecom would be a major change for the telecommunications industry and the Government is seeking public feedback on what the regulatory impact would be, Communication and Information Minister Steven Joyce says.
Changes to the rules surrounding the Government's rural broadband initiative (RBI) could cause a battle for market supremacy between Telecom and Auckland-based energy company Vector.
Telecom chief executive Paul Reynolds finally got to deliver some good news to the market when the telecommunications company reported its earnings for the year to June 20.
The Telecom fourth-quarter and full-year result out tomorrow will be scrutinised by analysts more closely than usual.
The downgrade yesterday of Telecom by rating agency Standard and Poor's had nothing to do with how the company was performing, Forsyth Barr broker Suzanne Kinnaird said.
Standard & Poor's has placed Telecom's A long term credit rating on creditwatch and said it may be cut by one or two notches if the company separates its access network into a new standalone company.
Telecom finally got to release some good news to the market yesterday with the $A140 million ($NZ175 million) sale of assets in Australia.
Telecom has axed 200 management jobs from its workforce in the past three months and warns further cuts cannot be ruled out as it seeks to claw back costs.