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New Zealand’s Telecom has cut 400 jobs in 2011, most of which are out of redundancies while others were resignations that were not replaced, the company said in its latest report.

Barely a week after Telstra Corporation submitted its revised structural separation undertaking (SSU), the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) gave its approval for the $11 billion deal between NBN Co and the country's dominant telco to go ahead.

The National Broadband Network nears its full realisation as Telstra Corporation submitted on Thursday its revised plan that will pave the way for NBN Co to assume control of the giant telco's national communication network.

To defuse the ticking retail frenzy of grabbing the latest Apple phone- the iPhone 4S-- Chinese authorities and American-owned Apple Inc. have joined forces to tackle the problem of illegally selling the handset in China's black markets.

In 2012 the world of smartphones is expected to be excited anew with the release of Samsung Galaxy S3 on February. But two of its challengers, Sony and LG, have already given a sneak peek even as S3's release approaches fast. Both of their devices are high-end and Android-powered as well.

When Motorola launched its Android phone, the Droid RAZR, in late 2011 techies were asking if it could help propel the phone manufacturing firm to the top position it once enjoyed?

Australians are expected to send 76 million text messages for the New Year. The figure would top the estimated 65 million SMS sent by Aussies on Christmas Day.

A lawsuit filed by a mobile phone company against one of its former employees could make clearer the blurry lines on the use of social networking sites by employees for work.

Filipinos have set a new world record for the largest simultaneous Christmas gift-giving event when 4,835 people in sites in the Philippines and compatriots in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan opened presents at the same time on Dec. 18.

Mobile devices are set to surpass the traditional desktop PC as the most common way to access the Internet. With more users turning to their phones to send email, downloading applications and watching videos why are U.S carriers still feeling the pinch?

The digital divide between younger and older Australian would be felt in how they would send their Christmas greetings to loved ones and friends.

LightSquared is pressing the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to approve its right to use its radio spectrum to build a national 4G wireless network. The company filed a petition for declaratory ruling to the FCC on Tuesday.

Samsung intends to line up its Galaxy product lines for the much-awaited update to the new version of the Android mobile operating system, the Android 4.0, by the first few months of 2012.

AT&T announced on Monday that it has officially withdrawn plans to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom, effectively ending the $39 billion merger deal that the two telcos sealed earlier this year.

Sony has set its sights on being the next big name in smartphones and the first step towards that goal is dropping the "Ericsson" in their brand name.

The scandal regarding Carrier IQ continues to grow as more and more smartphone companies and carriers are sued over this privacy scandal.

Telecommunications firm Telstra shut down its online billing and BigPond e-mail service for more than 24 hours starting Friday night after its bundle plan customer database became accessible to the public exposing user names and passwords of some 60,000 customers.

U.S. stocks wrapped up a second straight week of gains as the euro zone's latest plan to fix its debt crisis overshadowed some disappointing forecasts from big U.S. companies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 187 points, or 1.6%, to 12184.26, undoing most of the previous day's sharp losses.

The Productivity Commission's finding that NBN Co's business model is potentially in breach of the federal government's own competition policy underlines the need for a cost-benefit analysis of the National Broadband Network, Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott said.

NBN Co's continued refusal to ensure regulatory oversights on contracts it offers to telcos prevent the latter from reaching deals with the company tasked to manage to nationwide roll out of the $36 billion National Broadband Network.

Korea's Samsung had won the first legal battle against Apple Inc. as an Australian court overturns the decision disallowing the sale of the Galaxy tablet in the country on Wednesday.

In reading the biography of "Steve Jobs" written by Walter Isaacson one gets to grasp the man is no god, he was quite human in all aspects that some readers would actually be disappointed of the truths revealed.

A coalition of five major Australian service providers has released a proposal for dealing with Internet piracy which would see ISPs warning customers if they had breached copyrights online.

Black Friday in the U.S. means a lot of human traffic due to the number of people taking advantage of certain deals in different stores. Stores are definitely interested to find out which stores have more human traffic and which attracts more customers.

The Australian Securities Exchange allowed Internet service provider iiNet (ASX: IIN) to voluntarily suspend on Friday trading of its shares pending a buy-in.

Australian telecom giant Telstra (ASX: TLS) announced on Friday the launch of its Digital Media Division.

Full competition in the telecom industry has resulted in almost 50 per cent drop in average mobile voice price, a report released on Friday said.

Two smartphones. Two different OS. Both their names are widely known. To find out which will win in the specs duel between Motorola Droid RAZR under the Android side and HTC Radar for Windows Phone, a comparison is provided below.

The widespread availability of digital television has changed the viewing habits of Australians. According to the Roy Morgan Single Source report, 58 per cent of Aussies aged 14 years old and above are watching digital TV channels.