Wellington, May 21 NZPA - Mobile phone operator Vodafone has canned its contentious Talk plan in the wake of concerns put to the Commerce Commission.

Wellington, March 30 NZPA - The Supreme Court has granted Vodafone leave to appeal the way the Commerce Commission works out the costs of providing local residential telephone services to non-commercial customers.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, Aug 13 NZPA - Drivers will not be allowed to text or talk on hand-held cellphones from November -- a move welcomed by cellphone companies.

Wellington, Aug 11 NZPA - An aggressive marketing campaign to get the Government to stop Telecom and Vodafone "ripping off" mobile phone users was launched in Wellington today.

Auckland, Aug 4 NZPA - A telecommunications watchdog says 2degrees' low price entry into the mobile phone market shows New Zealanders have been charged too much up to now.

Wellington June 9 NZPA - New Zealanders will be able to get their hands on Apple's new speedier model iPhone in July or August. Apple previewed the new 3GS, which includes a video camera, today in the United States.

Wellington, June 9 NZPA - The woman accusing National MP Richard Worth of sending her offensive texts is reportedly trying to retrieve some of them from Vodafone.

Wellington, May 5 NZPA - Vodafone yesterday rejected offers from independent mediators to settle the row over claimed interference from the new Telecom 3G mobile network.

Wellington, March 26 NZPA - Vodafone has joined Telecom in criticising the Commerce Commission's call for drastic reductions in mobile termination rates, saying cutting rates will not necessarily mean savings will be passed on to customers.

Wellington, Feb 2 NZPA - Phone company Vodafone has apologised to customers for trying to charge them $1.50 a month if they want to continue receiving a hard copy of their bill by mail.