Wellington, Feb 23 NZPA - Telecom's IT chief has resigned following the latest XT mobile phone network failure.

Wellington, Feb 23 NZPA - Transport Minister Steven Joyce is concerned by reports that people were unable to get through to emergency services on 111 because of the latest Telecom XT network outage.

Wellington, Feb 23 NZPA - The Government says it has little ability to intervene over Telecom's XT network problems but has made it clear to the company how concerning the issues are becoming.

Wellington, Feb 22 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket started the week strongly after the US market performed better than expected on Friday, and as companies continue to signal better trading in the most recent months of their interim reports.

Wellington, Feb 22 NZPA - New Zealanders will still be paying too much for their mobile phones following a decision by the country's competition watchdog, say newcomer 2degrees and the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand (Tuanz).

(adds comment from 2degrees and vodafone) Wellington, Feb 22 NZPA - The Commerce Commission, in a split decision, has rejected regulation as a means to reduce the costs of mobile phone calls charged by the country's two main players.

Wellington, Feb 22 NZPA - The Commerce Commission, in a split decision, has rejected regulation as a means to reduce the costs of mobile phone calls charged by the country's two main players.

Wellington, Feb 18 NZPA - Telecom's new super-fast internet technology won't be exempt from local loop unbundling rules, if it chooses to use it to deliver the regular service, the Commerce Commission says.

By Dave Williams of NZPA Wellington, Feb 12 NZPA - Telecom still has a few years of pain ahead in the scrap for the telecommunications market and faces a mammoth job in limiting the damage done when its much vaunted XT network crashed, says one analyst.

Wellington, Feb 12 NZPA - Telecom says its quarterly results are "solid" but tough economic times and problems with its XT network will see its profits in the lower range of expectation for the full financial year.