Spark stories - Page 16
Auckland Council, Spark open their final community basketball court in Glen Innes
Thu, 6th Jul 2017
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wireless networks
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auckland council
Auckland Council hopes that the free Wi-Fi at this basketball court will encourage the community to increase their physical activity.
Kiwi IoT future heats up as Spark joins Vodafone in IoT network prep
Wed, 5th Jul 2017
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iot
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vodafone
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Spark and Vodafone are set to capitalise on New Zealand's IoT potential, each launching IoT networks to support expected industry growth worth NZD $2.2 billion.
City of sensors: Spark NZ rolls out nationwide IoT network
Tue, 4th Jul 2017
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iot
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kordia
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qrious
Spark, a New Zealand telecoms company, has begun a nationwide roll-out of a low power wide area network to enable IoT.
Qrious unveils Kiwi big data platform-as-a-service offering
Wed, 28th Jun 2017
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paas
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iaas
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spark
Spark's Qrious has launched its Qonnect big data platform designed to provide NZ companies with a cloud-based platform-as-a-service big data solution.
Queenstown broadband upgrades to 4.5G, the fastest in New Zealand
Tue, 20th Jun 2017
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uc
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wireless networks
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queenstown
Spark upgrades Queenstown to 4.5G, delivering the fastest broadband speeds in New Zealand and setting the stage for a 5G future.
Spark drops dealer partner model for consumer market; buys back stores
Mon, 19th Jun 2017
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digital entertainment
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netflix
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spark
Spark is dumping its dealer partner model for the consumer market, taking on direct management of stores currently managed by Leading Edge and Orb.
Carpool Coaching: Business mentoring inspired by Carpool Karaoke
Tue, 13th Jun 2017
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entrepreneur
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spark
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spark labs
Spark Lab's new campaign, 'Carpool Coaching,' takes business mentoring for a ride by drawing inspiration from James Corden's 'Carpool Karaoke'.
ISPs build backdoors into customer modems, creating security breach
Tue, 30th May 2017
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ransomware
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malware
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breach prevention
Vodafone and Spark are among the ISPs. Their policy is to use the access for troubleshooting, but it still raises red flags.
Spark’s Xtra email completes transition from Yahoo to NZ-based provider
Thu, 11th May 2017
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email security
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xtra
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email
Spark ditches Yahoo, partners with SMX to bring over 800k Xtra email accounts back to a secure, NZ-based server.
Spark releases ‘Data Lovers’ package for the modern smartphone
Wed, 10th May 2017
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uc
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data analytics
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martech
Spark has launched two new prepay ‘Data Lovers’ packs to cater for the growing need where users are consuming data rather than minutes and texts.
Christchurch: Spark & Ministry of Justice team up to deploy cloud tech
Mon, 1st May 2017
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cloud services
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christchurch
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ministry of justice
Christchurch's new Justice Precinct partners with Spark for state-of-the-art cloud tech, ensuring seamless inter-agency connectivity.
Spark to implement huge WiFi boost to Westpac Stadium
Thu, 20th Apr 2017
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wireless networks
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wifi
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social media
The obvious benefit is the improved ability for visitors to share their stadium experiences with friends and family, primarily on social media.
Spark reveals new cloud-based customer experience system for Kiwis
Thu, 6th Apr 2017
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uc
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hyperscale
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public cloud
Spark has launched PureCloud, a new customer experience system by Genesys, aimed at helping New Zealand businesses improve their customer interactions.
Spark stays firm on TeamTalk deal – 80c or nothing and forget Vodafone
Tue, 4th Apr 2017
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teamtalk
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m&a
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vodafone
Spark New Zealand today released a statement to affirm their position in their attempted acquisition of TeamTalk.
Commerce Commission reveals concerns for Spark/TeamTalk merger
Mon, 3rd Apr 2017
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commerce commission
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teamtalk
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vodafone
The Commerce Commission today published a statement of Preliminary Issues regarding Spark New Zealand’s proposed acquisition of TeamTalk.
Genesis Energy teams up with Spark's Revera cloud platform
Wed, 29th Mar 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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appserv
Revera, a New Zealand cloud provider acquired by Spark, has partnered with power company Genesis Energy for a five-year deal.
TeamTalk fights back against Spark's 'hostile takeover bid'
Fri, 24th Mar 2017
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teamtalk
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m&a
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spark
TeamTalk yesterday recommended that its shareholders reject Spark’s 'hostile takeover bid' of $0.80c per share because the price is far too low.
Spark applies for TeamTalk acquisition clearance from ComCom
Tue, 21st Mar 2017
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commerce commission
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teamtalk
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m&a
The Commerce Commission has acknowledged that it has received a clearance application from Spark for its proposed acquisition of TeamTalk.
Week in review: The biggest stories that went down last week on NetGuide
Mon, 20th Mar 2017
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email security
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cybersecurity
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techday
From OPPO's NZ debut to the 4.5G buzz and Apple's user-friendly edge—here's the week in tech that had tongues wagging on NetGuide!.
Spark welcomes 90% 4G rollout announcement; says 4.5G is where the future lies
Thu, 16th Mar 2017
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wireless networks
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network speed
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spark
90% of the country now has access to 4G services ahead of schedule. Spark says it welcomes the news, but it also has its eyes on 4.5G.