Wellington, Oct 13 NZPA - Communication and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce has approved a variation to Telecom's operational separation undertakings, but not as originally sought by the company.

Wellington, Oct 13 NZPA - Communication and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce has approved a variation to Telecom's operational separation undertakings, but not as originally sought by the company.

Wellington, Sept 30 NZPA - Telecom Corp of New Zealand Ltd said the sale of AAPT's consumer division to iiNet Ltd (iiNet) for $A60 million ($NZ79 million) has been completed.

Wellington, Sept 30 NZPA - Telecom's bosses took the opportunity at their annual meeting to let shareholders know they were confident of the company's future whether or not it was part of the Government's plans for ultra-fast broadband (UFB).

By Peter Wilson, NZPA Political Editor Wellington, Sept 26 NZPA - Will you be better off this time next week? The Government says you will, the Labour Party says you won't.

Wellington, Sept 9 NZPA - Telecom shares fell 6 percent after the company missed out on being named for priority talks in the Government's $1.5 billion ultra-fast broadband (UFB) initiative.

Wellington, Aug 21 NZPA - Telecom boss Paul Reynolds has had $2 million from his annual bonus slashed as the company reported a 0.2 fall in full year adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda).

Wellington, Aug 20 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket followed the lead of weak offshore markets today even though there was plenty of local information to trade on with profit reports from Telecom, Contact Energy and Sky Television and others.

Wellington, Aug 20 NZPA - Telecom boss Paul Reynolds stepped up his attack on industry regulation today, as he reported his company had halted its significant earnings declines of the previous two years.

Wellington, Aug 20 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket opened sharply lower today, as leading stocks reported falls in annual profit and after a negative session on Wall Street.