Spark stories - Page 7

Spark and Enable's 'street in a week' arrives in Christchurch, promising day-long fibre installs to hasten broadband upgrades.

Samsung launches limited edition Black Pearl finish for Galaxy S7 Edge, exclusively available in 128GB memory configuration.

Thieves raid Spark store in Ponsonby, Auckland, for second time, stealing mobile devices now rendered useless. Store re-opens after clean-up.

Spark has warned Xtra Email customers that they may be facing outages and problems receiving Xtra mail if they're using out-of-date mail clients.

Amid Gisborne's power woes, Spark acts to sustain services; 2degrees shifts to 3G. Locals brace for intermittent mobile access.

Spark ramps up broadband speeds, launching its swiftest UFB service for most Kiwis, with promises of 700-900Mbps downloads.

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled in favor of 2degrees, stating that their advertisement about rollover data was not false advertising.

UK Gov praises telecom's swift action restoring quake-hit networks to nearly pre-disaster function, highlights dedication of field teams.

Spark broadband customers who have been forced to move due to the earthquakes no longer need to deal with early termination & moving fees.

InternetNZ hails Spark and Ultrafast Fibre partnership to speed up ultrafast broadband installation in New Zealand homes.

Spark is offering a $100 gift voucher to customers who return their Note7 devices, as a gesture of appreciation for their patience and cooperation.

The fact that Yahoo may have known about the breach for a number of months before alerting the public shows why we need mandatory breach notification.

Spark warns that130,000 customers have potentially been put at risk by the massive Yahoo data breach - around 15% of all Xtra customers.

Spark's Jump service tackles digital divide, making home broadband in NZ affordable at $15/month, welcoming low-income families online.

HPE Vertica 8 offers unified architecture and advanced in-database analytics for industry-leading scale and speed.

Spark is upping the data caps - and some prices - on some of its popular home & business plans by as much as 50% to cater for Kiwis' love for data.

Spark celebrates landmark achievement with 100th Rural Broadband Initiative site in Reikorangi, expanding 3G and 4G coverage.

New Zealand telco Spark tests Gigabit connections in Christchurch, enabling more people to upgrade their internet speeds.

Spark says mobile and platform IT services now outweigh declining areas of the business, which Spark's chairman says reflects a turning point.

Spark has formally announced that it is opposing the Sky TV/Vodafone merger, citing Sky's unfair monopoly on the wholesale sports content market.