Spark stories - Page 12

Code Club Aotearoa, Digital Natives Academy and 21C Skills Lab will be able to help young Kiwis explore their digital futures.

Spark New Zealand thrives amidst major Agile shift, posting a $35m revenue increase and robust operational gains.

By 2020, Spark expects its wireless-network specific capex to be between 25%-35% of Spark’s overall capital expenditure envelope.

Spark and Netsafe have teamed up to combat rising scam threats in NZ, distributing brochures in stores and offering scam education to customers.

Spark, the New Zealand telecommunications company, has launched WeDo, an online service connecting consumers with local businesses.

Coming on the heels of a similar announcement from its biggest rival, Vodafone NZ hopes to achieve its Digital Vodafone 2021 program with IBM.

Ex-call centre agent Mark Annas says automation doesn’t have to present a career crisis for those willing to grab the bull (or robot) by the horns.

The Commerce Commission has charged Spark with 11 counts of misleading customers over billing issues between 2014 and 2017, now heading for court.

Each leadership team member will supposedly bring specific knowledge, insights and perspectives to the top table.

The new facility in Mount Wellington, Auckland boasts state-of-the-art features and room for the company's continuing growth.

More than 50% of Spark's broadband customers have switched from copper to modern broadband technologies, with 34% on fibre and 16% on wireless.

New Zealand's rural broadband programmes have been accelerated by a year, with completion now expected by the end of 2021.

At least 135,000 former Spark customers may be in line for a credit refund - and people should check their mailboxes or their inboxes.

Spark and Revera back Creative HQ's Lightning Lab GovTech, boosting Wellington's bid as a global government tech hub in a USD $450 billion sector.

Spark announced that Cisco is the first of several collaborators it will be working with to prepare and test the parameters for a 5G network.

Chorus reshuffles executive team, sees Nick Woodward leave as Ed Hyde joins as chief customer officer. #Chorus #executiveteam #telecoms.

Taitokerau Fibre Networks is 80% owned by three Iwi of Te Taitokerau (Te Rarawa, Ngati Whatua and Whaingaroa).

Cisco's Broadsoft partners with Spark to launch Spark Cloud Phone in New Zealand, offering SMBs a robust suite of cloud-based unified communications services.

The company presented the award at the 2018 Red Hat Summit, with Spark's senior support engineer Neha Sandhu taking the honours.

Dimension Data and Spark Wholesale have formed a long-term strategic partnership to offer on-demand network and mobility services in New Zealand.