Two work stoppages organised by the New Zealand Nurses Union and the Service and Food Workers Union at 11 Radius residential care homes will not affect residents' care because there is enough non-union staff to cover for them, Radius' ceo Brian Cree says.

Telecom’s services division says it has “won back” another high-end customer from Vodafone, with Radius Health Group moving all its medical centres, pharmacies and retirement village staff to XT.

Radius chief information officer Steve Mayo-Smith told NBR that his company previously had all of its mobile business with Vodafone.

Asked to name the number one reason he switched to Telecom’s new XT network, Mr Mayo-Smith replied, “Two reasons: cost and service”.