Wellington, Feb 23 NZPA - Labour leader Phil Goff is accusing the Government of sitting on its hands over Telecom's XT mobile phone network failure as a second head rolls over the ongoing issue.

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 - Alcatel-Lucent, Telecom's network partner, says its New Zealand chief executive Steve Lowe is leaving the company. He will be replaced by Jyoti Mahurkar-Thombre, effective from March 8.