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Four of New Zealand's biggest rebrands
Facebook is Meta - but remember when Spark was Telecom?

Energy Minister Megan Woods not ready to give power firms the 'Telecom' treatment
But Megan Woods says structural separation of gentailers will 'probably, maybe' be revisited down the track.

Long-time Telecom lawyer Tristan Gilbertson named new Telecommunications Commissioner
Tristan Gilbertson has been named the new Telecommunications Commissioner - a key role within the Commerce Commission as it assess competition in the telco industry, and makes regulatory recommendations to the government. READ MORE:•...

NZME's 'Kiwishare' plan to buy Stuff takes leaf from 1980s and 1990s privatisation playbook
NZME dusts off 'Kiwishare' schemes to win support to buy Stuff, following a playbook used for both Air NZ and Telecom.

Simon Moutter says worst day at Spark not the day regulation crunched the company
Spark on every measure, a better business than 'old Telecom', says departing boss.

Huawei ban: China threatens to ban foreign companies
China is preparing a blacklist of foreign companies in retaliation to the US ban of Chinese telecom giant Huawei.The Chinese government on Friday announced it will establish its own list of "unreliable entities" consisting of foreign...

Huawei ban opens door to rivals - and reprisals
President Trump's decision to blacklist Huawei threatens to cripple the Chinese technology giant as it prepares for its biggest commercial opportunity: the global roll-out of 5G telecom networks worth tens of billions of dollars....

Huawei sues United States over security law
Chinese tech giant Huawei is launching a US court challenge to a law that labels the company a security risk and would limit its access to the American market for telecom equipment.Huawei Technologies Ltd.'s announcement Thursday...

Global risk aversion keeps NZ dollar capped
The New Zealand dollar remains under pressure after the US levelled criminal charges against telecom giant Huawei on the eve of China-US trade talks.The kiwi traded at 68.36 US cents at 5pm in Wellington, unchanged on the day but...

Supermarket report is the sector's 'Telecom moment', grocery lobby says
A report into competition in the $22 billion supermarket sector represents "the Telecom moment" for the industry, the Food & Grocery Council says.On Thursday the competition watchdog found major issues in the supermarket industry...

French telecom company Orange convicted over suicides
Firm in court over institutionalised "collective moral harassment" and ex-CEO sentenced to jail.

Wellington millionaire developer buys distinctive former Telecom HQ tower
Eyal Aharoni adds the green-tiled, Ian Athfield-designed building to his portfolio.

Trump's acting budget chief seeks delay on Huawei ban
WASHINGTON - The acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget is seeking a two-year delay of a ban prohibiting companies that do business with Chinese telecom giant Huawei from providing services to the US government.In...

Huawei ban roils US stocks
US companies began complying Monday with a White House order to curb sales to Chinese telecom giant Huawei, sending US technology stocks sharply lower and signalling what's likely to be widespread fallout that will hurt not just one...

Infratil in talks to buy Vodafone
Power utility firm Infratil has revealed it is in talks with Vodafone Group to buy the telecom giant's New Zealand operations.Infratil said in an NZX statement that it and another party - reported to be Canadian investment company...

Nokia Q4 profit up as operators switching to 5G networks
HELSINKI (AP) � Nokia has reported increased fourth-quarter earnings on the back of grown orders from telecom operators of new-generation mobile networks that are expected to be rolled out commercially this year.The Espoo, Finland-based...