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Spark New Zealand
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As New Zealand's largest telecommunications and digital services company, Spark's purpose is to help all of New Zealand win big in a digital world. Spark provides mobile, broadband and digital services to millions of New Zealanders and thousands of New Zealand businesses.
Spark New Zealand - Latest News [Page 13]
Spark Offers Rollover Data & Minutes to Mobile Customers
Monday, 11 September 2017, 9:26 am | Spark
New Prepaid packs and Pay Monthly plans for consumers and small businesses include rollover so customers can keep data and minutes for when they need them most More >>
Spark activates 4.5G in Cromwell
Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 10:39 am | Spark
Spark announced today that Cromwell has become the latest town capable of getting the fastest mobile data speeds in the country, as 4.5G is switched on in Otago region. More >>
Spark & Cisco Collaborate on Bringing Products to NZ
Monday, 4 September 2017, 10:31 am | Spark
Spark New Zealand (Spark), Telegistics and Cisco today announced that they are working together to bring the Cisco Spark products to businesses in New Zealand. As part of this announcement Spark’s subsidiary Telegistics, has been named as a new distributor ... More >>
Kiwis set to get cheapest data ever
Friday, 1 September 2017, 10:04 am | Spark
Kiwis set to get cheapest data ever as Spark offers unlimited mobile data for under $20 a week More >>
Spark NZ Chairman to retire later this year
Friday, 18 August 2017, 8:56 am | Spark NZ
Spark New Zealand has today announced that Mark Verbiest, who has chaired the Board since December 2011, is standing down later this year and will be succeeded by Justine Smyth. More >>
Spark New Zealand FY17 Results
Friday, 18 August 2017, 8:54 am | Spark NZ
• Big operational moves and contract wins in FY17 improved long-term positioning of business for the future but added extra cost More >>
Spark Offers New Roaming Travel Packs to New Zealanders
Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 9:47 am | Spark NZ
Spark has announced a fresh and simplified new approach to roaming, with seven day packs designed to make travel easier and offer greater cost certainty and bang for buck. More >>
Spark joins the Rainbow Tick community
Friday, 28 July 2017, 12:10 pm | Spark
Spark has today announced it has become New Zealand’s first telecommunications company to achieve Rainbow Tick certification. More >>
Spark network inter-island upgrade builds resiliency
Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 10:32 am | Spark
Spark announced today the completion of an upgrade to the Nelson-Levin inter-island cable link, providing improved resiliency. The Nelson-to-Levin link, is one of New Zealand’s three marine cables carrying data traffic between the North and South ... More >>
Spark network upgrade increases resiliency
Tuesday, 18 July 2017, 10:26 am | Spark
Spark has recently put the finishing touches on an upgrade of its core Optical Transport Network (OTN) in the South Island with the completion of the lower South Island loop from Invercargill, via Queenstown to Christchurch. This upgrade provides an additional ... More >>
Cell sites down due to power outages
Friday, 14 July 2017, 9:40 am | Spark NZ
Spark currently has 13 cell sites down in the central and lower North Island due to power outages in those areas. More >>
Spark New Zealand to commence nationwide Internet of Things
Monday, 3 July 2017, 2:24 pm | Spark
Rollout of LoRa network will deliver coverage to high priority areas and unlock IoT potential for wide range of uses More >>
NZ Fire Service becomes 100th Spark Service customer
Thursday, 29 June 2017, 9:31 am | Spark
Spark has announced today that New Zealand Fire Service has become the 100th Telecommunications as a Service (TaaS) customer. More >>
Queenstown becomes New Zealand’s first town with 4.5G
Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 9:40 am | Spark
Spark announced today that Queenstown has become the town capable of getting the fastest mobile data speeds in the country, as 4.5G is switched on across five mobile towers in the area. Queenstown CBD, Frankton, and Arrowtown, and some areas in between ... More >>
Spark planning to take on direct management of all stores
Monday, 19 June 2017, 10:08 am | Spark
Moving away from a Dealer partner model to directly owned stores will allow Spark to showcase digital experiences to customers in an interactive retail environment More >>
Green Day fans share experiences live from Spark Arena
Tuesday, 16 May 2017, 10:37 am | Spark NZ
American punk rock band Green Day rocked out the newly renamed and revamped Spark Arena on Saturday and Sunday night. And for the first time, many of the fans in the audience could capture their concert experience while using the new free high-powered ... More >>
Spark brings email home to New Zealand
Thursday, 11 May 2017, 1:11 pm | Spark NZ
Spark has now completed the process of moving its Xtra email service away from Yahoo to New Zealand-owned email platform provider SMX. Spark and SMX now have over 800,000 Xtra email accounts up and running on the new email platform. More >>
Spark introduces ‘Data Lovers’ packs
Tuesday, 9 May 2017, 11:43 am | Spark NZ
Spark introduces ‘Data Lovers’ packs as more customers opt for apps over texting and calling More >>
Spark drops giant location pin to put Spark Arena on the map
Friday, 5 May 2017, 3:45 pm | Spark NZ
Spark has just dropped a giant location pin on the newly named Spark Arena, to put its new partnership with New Zealand’s largest indoor music, entertainment and sporting venue on the map. More >>
Spark opens pre-order for Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+
Thursday, 20 April 2017, 4:55 pm | Spark NZ
Spark has announced that the new Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ are now available for pre-order, both online at www.spark.co.nz and in-store. The first pre-orders will receive 50% extra data for 6 months (on an eligible Open Term Pay Monthly plan) and ... More >>
