2012-05-17 13:08:07 // StopPress Team
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Telecom holds around half of the total residential ISP market, but it's looking to increase that, sweeten the deal its for existing customers and get more people streaming by doubling the amount of data for all Total Home broadband packages for no extra charge (Ed: In fact, just the other day a nice Telecom rep came knocking at my door offering TRIPLE data on Total Home).
2012-05-10 09:53:48 // Idealog
Gen-i head Chris Quin – widely tipped to replace outgoing Telecom chief executive Paul Reynolds until the revelation that Simon Moutter had been appointed to the role – will act as interim CEO from June 1.
2012-04-23 10:34:52 // Esther Goh
Auckland International Airport boss Simon Moutter will be taking up the mantle of both managing director and chief executive at Telecom, it was announced today, putting an end to weeks of speculation that Gen-i's Chris Quin would be filling outgoing head Paul Reynolds' shoes.
2012-02-24 10:33:00 // Idealog
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Telecom has reported a net profit after tax of just over $1 billion for the six months to December 31, its first financial result since the demerger of Chorus.
2012-01-18 15:00:00 // Vaughn Davis
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Vaughn Davis joins Kieren Cooney for a coffee and retrospective deconstruction of his 18 months in one of the nation's top marketing jobs.
2011-12-12 09:32:11 // Idealog
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Upstart mobile operator 2degrees has made a complaint to the Commerce Commission following news that Telecom would be "sim-locking" the handsets of customers using its new Skinny brand.
2011-10-19 16:10:18 // Idealog
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Telecom is upping its creative cred with a new online collaboration with an eclectic group of Kiwis including Huffer founder Steve Dunstan, internationally acclaimed hairstylist Richard Kavanagh and up-and-coming musicians Junica and Zowie.
2011-10-14 12:26:09 // Idealog
Telecom has agreed to pay rival telcos Vodafone, Orcon, CallPlus, Compass and Airnet $31.6 million to settle a Commerce Commission investigation into alleged overcharging for broadband services, despite denying liability.
2011-08-31 10:09:14 // Esther Goh
Further details are emerging about Telecom's impending split into two companies, including the replacement of Paul Reynolds as chief executive from 2012.
2011-08-30 10:20:12 // Idealog
The government today approved Telecom’s plan for dividing its assets after its planned structural separation – the first major step in the company’s proposed demerger process.
2011-08-19 10:51:15 // Idealog
Telecom has posted a modest 1.6 percent profit for the year, along with the announcement that it lost 95,000 mobile customers as it moves to shut down the old CDMA network.
2011-07-28 11:11:25 // Esther Goh
The Commerce Commission has released its final determination of unbundled bitstream access (UBA) pricing, which would result in a small decrease in Telecom's wholesale prices.
2011-07-26 10:41:47 // Esther Goh
Telecom and Chorus will share a range of assets following their separation into standalone entities, according to its asset allocation plan published today.
2010-11-11 11:21:59 // Vicki Holder
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Telecom's new superstore in Auckland’s CBD, is a dramatic departure from the norm. The new superstore marries high-tech features with convivial approachability—in a space that oozes colour, variety and character.
2010-10-08 13:27:00 // Design Daily Team
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Telecom employees, currently scattered across five locations in Auckland, are set to unite in a greener space, with its new building—Telecom Place—being awarded a Five Star Green Rating by the Green Building Council, in partnership with building partners, Manson Group. Its greener building features include...