Tag: New Zealand
Applications and Content
Spark keeps fire evacuees near Nelson connected with extra data, free calling
Spark is advising all its home broadband and landline customers who have been evacuated from their homes near Nelson due to fire risk, that...
Applications and Content
How New Zealand’s Chorus is Driving Innovation in Fiber Deployment
50 percent of Chorus fibre installations completed within a day New Zealand based Chorus has announced that 50 percent of fibre installations are now being...
Applications and Content
IoT Innovations: Spark paves the way to New Zealand’s ‘smartest’ street
To the human eye, Madden Street in Wynyard Quarter in Auckland City Centre might look like any other street, but with the help of...
3G
Spark switches on more 3G, 4G coverage in Gisborne in time for Christmas
As part of Spark’s commitment to ensure residents, visitors and holidaymakers have access to high-quality mobile services, four brand-new mobile sites have been built...
4G
Coverage and Capacity: Spark adding new cell sites on wheels
Spark has added an extra six new COW’s (cell sites on wheels) to its ‘herd’ as well as six COP’s (cell sites on platforms)...
Applications and Content
Spark Lab unveils Pulse Check to help SMEs assess cyber-security readiness
In a survey of investors, 41% see cyber security as the number threat to business growth while recent research states the average cyber-attack costs...
5G
GCSB disapproves Spark’s proposal to use Huawei 5G equipment in New Zealand
Spark New Zealand recently notified the Director-General of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), in accordance with the requirements of the Telecommunications (Interception Capability...
Asia
Spark New Zealand joins global network to develop digital self-sovereign identity
Spark New Zealand has become a Founding Steward of the Sovrin Network, which is enabling the development of self-sovereign identity (SSI) on the internet. The...
Latest Articles
Telecom Equipment
Equinix Serves as Gateway for Southern Cross NEXT Subsea Cable System
Equinix, Inc., the world's digital infrastructure company®, has announced an expanded relationship with Southern Cross Cables Limited (Southern Cross) to provide a key U.S.-based...
Gaming
Spark enters gaming segment, launches Game Arena
Spark is entering gaming segment with the launch of Spark Game Arena, kicking off with a nationwide online tournament – The Rise Cup featuring...
People
Alepo Technologies Names Sunil Diaz as CEO
Alepo Technologies Inc., a provider of innovative telecommunications and digital solutions, has appointed Sunil Diaz as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Sunil brings...
Satellite Communications
Lockheed Martin, Viasat to Launch Two New Space Camps
Viasat, Inc., a global enabler in satellite communications, and Lockheed Martin, a leading aerospace and defense company, has announced a renewed collaboration with the...
India
5G Network | Airtel touches 50 million unique customer mark
Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, has over 50 million...