CNN.com - Arm-wrestle settles network battle - Mar. 11, 2003

Unable to reach a deal on access to a mobile radio network, the chief executive of a Wellington-based telecom company challenged his counterpart from a rival firm to a best-of-three bouts arm-wrestling contest.

Worried that the relatively small nine-month dispute could get out of hand, Teamtalk boss, David Ware asked Auckland-based MCS Digital chief Allan Cosford to square off around the table.