OUR NEWS

Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) has just announced the winners for their annual PTC'25 Awards. We are immensely proud to win the 2025 award for Outstanding Support for PTC’s Vision and Mission category. 
In Aotearoa New Zealand, we are acutely aware of the digital equity issue that affects our communities. It's estimated that up to one in five New Zealanders may be experiencing digital exclusion in some form. This is not a statistic we take lightly, and it's a challenge we at Spark are determined to help address.
Special thanks to our partners at Ciena for working with the Spark Foundation team to provide students across Aotearoa New Zealand with internet access at home.

‘Poipoia te kākano, kia puawai’ – nurture the seed and it will blossom.

We are excited to announce that Spark NZ has won the 'Outstanding Carrier Solutions Provider' award on the international stage at Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) 2024 awards. A big mahalo to Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) and the panel of judges for recognising Spark’s next generation Optical Transport Network (OTN). In partnership with Spark's system and software provider Ciena, the OTN's 'self-healing' capabilities help provide resilient connectivity between NZ’s major cities, enabling digital technology and a platform for innovation and collaboration for our customers.

Spark has introduced a new option for Data Transport Service (DTS) called DTS Flex Up. While 100Gbps DTS services are now more commonplace, customers are looking for flexibility to increase bandwidth in smaller steps to right-size individual requirements.

Spark NZ has completed the roll-out of the first phase of its new generation Optical Transport Network (OTN 2.0). It's now ready for Spark's wholesale customers to purchase and benefit from the network's optical restoration capability.

Spark Wholesale is excited to announce that our wholesale customers can now order capacity on the new Southern Cross NEXT submarine cable (SX NEXT).