New shared account scheme could boost carrier's share of the lucrative contract market. A customer lobbyist says the gauntlet has been thrown down to other carriers.

Watchdog sides with Telecom's Skinny Mobile on a complaint brought by 2degrees.

The Commerce Commission has confirmed 2degrees’ suspicion that the final leg of mobile termination rate regulation – and with it the promise of cheaper cellphone calls – will drag into next year.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint from 2degrees, first reported in NBR, against two Telecom brochures, both distributed en masse at retail outlets like Dick Smith (pictured above).