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Spark launches its first 5G mobile service - in Palmy
Four more locations by year's end as 5G arms race heats up.
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Spark Sport brings in UK company for domestic cricket coverage
Second off-shore appointee.
Damien Venuto: Is Team NZ 'too hot to handle' for sponsors?
COMMENT: Sponsors will be taking notes on the scandal.
A three-day week? NZ telcos experiment with post-lockdown office life
The "new normal" begins to take shape.
2degrees completes network with infrastructure-sharing deal
Eleven years and $1 billion later.
Return to office after lockdown? Boss shocked by survey result
Telco is one of many companies trying to find the best office/home balance for level 1.
Vodafone confirms large job cuts due to Covid-19
Up to 140 staff at Vodafone NZ could lose their jobs.
Vodafone, Spark take security steps after three more '5G' celltower fires
'Idiots like this put lives at risk because of some nonsense they read on social media.'
Infratil eyes opportunities with $300m capital raising
The company is looking to advance its ambitious growth plans.
Telcos want more from existing networks – Huawei
Operators are trying to get more out of existing networks.
Chorus boss to customers: Where the bloody hell are ya?
New Chorus boss JB Rousselot wants to see more Kiwis order fibre.
How Sky's big moves leave NZ Rugby with two big headaches
Analysts' verdict on Sky's $157m discounted equity issue, move into broadband.
After two more cell towers set ablaze, telcos warn phone, internet could be interrupted
14 attacks in six weeks amid bogus conspiracy theory tying 5G to the virus outbreak.
Auckland cell phone towers set ablaze amid 5G conspiracy theorist threats
The incidents come after a blaze at a Spark tower in Mangere on Tuesday.
5G auction cancelled, Govt dishes out cheap spectrum directly instead
Spectrum for chump-change.
Go NZ! How this Kiwi company fast-tracked its contact-tracing, Covid-19 safety app
Rapid reaction from a company led by a Kiwi who is no stranger to crisis communications.
Mobile wars: Skinny offers cheapest 'endless' data plan
Spark's budget subsidiary out-does its more expensive parent on tethering.
Spark joins 'endless' mobile data market - with a couple of catches
Two limits, one shared with its rival. Who's got the best deal?
Another 5G auction delay, Vodafone waives surcharge for a year
PLUS: Another cell tower attack.
Kiwis' mobile and broadband use soars in lockdown
Spark and Skinny customers made the most of data while in lockdown.
Spark to undertake company-wide cost review
Country's biggest telco seeks to offset current and future impacts from Covid-19.
Covid-19: How CEOs are coping - Spark's Jolie Hodson
Husband roped in as cameraman.
Scammers exploit pandemic, businesses warned to be vigilant
Mercury reveals an easy way to catch out the scammers.
Covid-19 hits New Zealand's 5G auction, rollout
Vodafone will remain New Zealand's only provider for an extended period.
As Baxter's Knob burns, telcos ask cops to investigate series of celltower attacks
Telcos hit at involvement of 5G protesters, some who follow Covid-19 conspiracy theories.
Juha Saarinen: No, Spark isn't profiteering from Covid-19
The Covid-19 crisis has resurrected some ancient unresolved issues in the tech industry.
Covid-19: NZ telcos' big roaming revenue hit
Telcos hit by $114m 'double-whammy," analyst says.
Telco fight looms over 'wall of bad debt'
Chorus is facing pressure from the nation's major telcos.
State of the telcos - lockdown teething issues will pass, but two broader problems persist
Rural misses out. Govt sees low-tech online learning solution for 211K low-income homes.