Two telecom companies in New Zealand recently settled a dispute over access to a mobile radio network by arm-wrestling for it:

Bosses at New Zealand telecoms firm TeamTalk have been arguing with radio communications company MCS Global Digital over access to their mobile radio network.

But, worried over the time and fees involved in court hearings, TeamTalk boss David Ware challenged MCS chief Allan Cosford to settle the dispute through an arm-wrestling contest.

Mr Cosford accepted, and agreed to a duel before spectators in a gym near to his firm's Auckland-based headquarters.

Cosford won.

Ware's comment in defeat? "I guess losing ws tough...[h]owever, it's not nearly as painful as dealing with lawyers."