Telecom New Zealand News

Telecom won't be an easy firm for investors to love for the next year or two, says Forsyth Barr analyst Blair Galpin.

Telecom, which is aiming to cut its workforce by as much as 16 per cent this year, said annual earnings will be at the low end of guidance because of competition in fixed-line sales and a margin squeeze at its Gen-i unit.

Here's one from left field: Californian company Ruckus Wireless says it's been selected to turn more than 3000 Telecom NZ phone boths into wi-fi hotspots .

Telecom New Zealand is deploying Wi-Fi hotspots into its existing network of public payphones, using equipment supplied by Ruckus Wireless.

I was very happy to agree when invited to take part in this TelecomTech blog series on the HTC One .

Salesforce.com announces UK Data Center. Salesforce.com announced that it has signed an agreement with NTT Europe to establish a European data centre in the U.K. The facility is scheduled for completion in 2014.

Telecom has today announced it has signed a conditional agreement to acquire privately-owned New Zealand IT infrastructure and data centre company Revera Limited for $96.5 million.

Telecom has today announced it has signed a conditional agreement to acquire privately-owned New Zealand IT infrastructure and data centre company Revera Limited for $96.5 million.

Telecom has acquired Wellington-based data centre company Revera for $96.5 million, three weeks after Revera confirmed the two companies were in talks.

New Zealand's incumbent telco has been having a busy time with announcements concerning 4G, Ultra-Fast Broadband , and mass redundancies.

APN News & Media, the publisher of the New Zealand Herald newspaper has shaken up its management structure, leaving out head of digital Matt Crockett, who was reportedly in the running for the top job.

Recently, the United States FBI has had to deal with a rash of bizarre behaviour among its staff.