Plus SMS fined, threatened with de-listing

March 08, 10 by newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz
Plus SMS Holdings, the mobile phone content provider suspended by the NZX last June, has been further reprimanded for improper reporting to the stock exchange with a $50,000 fine for rule breaches.At the time of its June 2009...

ABC returns to Cablevision, but talks go on

March 08, 10 by PHYSorg.com: Telecom News
(AP) -- Cablevision and ABC were negotiating a deal Monday that tentatively ended a dispute over fees and restored millions of viewers' access to the Academy Awards telecast in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut shortly after the broadcast began.

Vodafone apologises for network failure

March 08, 10 by newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz
Vodafone has apologised to Bay of Plenty customers affected by a network failure on Saturday.A fault was triggered during an upgrade to cables between Taupiri and Horotiu in the Waikato on Saturday morning, about 8.30am.The...

Internet access is ‘a fundamental right’: BBC World Service survey

March 07, 10 by David Goldstein

Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.

The survey - of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries - found strong support for net access on both sides of the digital divide.

Mobile troubles hit Vodafone

March 07, 10 by newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz
Vodafone says it is continuing to receive a lot of "hair trigger reactions" and complaints from customers. Vodafone customers found themselves in a similar situation to users of Telecom's XT network when maintenance work prevented...