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Tait revenues rise, but profits falls
Staff costs rose 19% to $210m, outpacing the 14% rise in revenue.
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'Designed around people': Spark unveils next-gen store experience
Self-service kiosks will appear in Spark stores from mid-next year.
'I don’t have a view': Revenue minister deflects fairness query on big tech firms' tax
An expert says NZ could bring in hundreds of millions more if IRD did more digging.
'Know it's really us': Spark launches call-verification tool
Spark’s new tool shows the company's name, logo, verified badge and reason for the call.
‘Overuse of AI in the wrong places': Business leaders' take on NZ's digital priorities
Tech leaders rate New Zealand's tech adoption a flat six out of 10.
Big in Japan: Spark first to Starlink roaming
Telco talks could lead to a new way to use your phone overseas.
Cyclone Vaianu: Telcos name worst-hit areas for broadband and mobile outages
One NZ and Spark using Starlink satellite-to-mobile to plug coverage gaps.
Spark launches Starlink mobile-to-satellite: Some get it free, some have to pay
PLUS: 2degrees has updates on its AST SpaceMobile ground station in Marton.
NZ CEO pay survey: The $17m boss who broke our spreadsheet
Are any CEOs really worth $17.3m? What the pay survey tells us.
Bruce Cotterill: AI is about to reshape our lives faster than any tech before it
OPINION: Progress and potholes – The AI journey ahead.
Spark tests 5G+ ‘fast lane’ to keep phones connected at packed events
The dedicated 5G+ lane lets livestream crews ditch costly hardwired setups.
From data centres to hotels: The biggest property deals of 2025 second half
But expert warns foreign investor appetite for New Zealand assets may cool due to the war.
Spark to block 300 phones that can’t make emergency calls after 3G shutdown
Owners of some models can fix the issue by installing a software update.
Chorus confirms guidance for record dividend as it returns to first-half profit
Bumper profit payout in the works - in sharp constrast to its old stablemate.
‘A relief’ – Spark earnings draw analyst upgrade, but also some chipped-down target prices
Analyst Arie Dekker now tips a lower 16cps dividend, down from his earlier forecast 17cps.
‘They should be underwriting it’: Publican stung by 3G switch-off bill
By the end of April all three major telcos will have fully shut down 3G.
Dunedin to lose 3G tomorrow as One NZ begins shutdown
Many devices beyond phones rely on 3G. 2degrees' shutdown already underway.
Summer Questions: 2degrees CEO Mark Callander on following your instinct, AI and outer space
Telco boss on the year ahead.
Summer Questions: Spark CEO Jolie Hodson on her biggest mistake
Plus: Her top read to get a handle on AI.
Mega property deals: The 11 biggest commercial sales of the year
Who's still got money to buy $1.8b of properties in 2025? An exclusive list answers that.
2degrees will begin 3G shutdown in days, One NZ delays
Many devices beyond phones rely on 3G.
How Elon Musk's Starlink earned $100m from New Zealand in 2025
PLUS: The telco losing share.
Have we reached peak smartphone? Oppo doesn't think so
CEO Elvis Zhou says smartphones will stay central as AI tech evolves.
Spark confirms succession plan, faces sharp questions from shareholders
Shareholders wanted to know what the company was doing to turn around its performance.
‘Lost a bit of faith’: Analyst rethink hits Spark, boosts One NZ owner
Forsyth Barr says Spark's share price is well above that of overseas telco peers.
Kordia sells managed IT arm to Australian firm Fusion5
Some 26 managed IT staff from Kordia have moved to Fusion5.