- CEO
- Jolie Hodson
- Full Time Employees
- 4,884
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Telecommunications Services
- Address
- Spark City Auckland New Zealand 1010
- IPO Date
- Jan 17, 2012
- Business
- Spark New Zealand Limited (NZTCF) provides telecommunications and digital services to millions of New Zealanders and thousands of businesses throughout New Zealand; core offerings encompass fixed-line telephone services, mobile phone services with nationwide 4G/5G coverage reaching 98% of the population, broadband via ADSL, VDSL, fibre-to-the-premises, and wireless options, digital technology services including cloud computing, cybersecurity, managed IT services, digital transformation, IoT solutions, collaboration tools, network services, and entertainment streaming; it serves consumers, small- and medium-sized enterprises, government agencies, and large corporate clients.
Founded in 1987 as Telecom New Zealand from the former New Zealand Post Office and rebranded to Spark in August 2014, the company maintains headquarters in Auckland with additional key offices in Wellington and Christchurch.
Spark operates as one of New Zealand's largest listed companies on the NZX and ASX, holding approximately 41% market share in mobile services with over 2.7 million connections and 687,000 broadband subscribers.
Recent developments include a multiyear strategic partnership extension with Infosys in 2025 to modernize technology delivery, applications, and operations through AI, intelligent automation, and global-scale consulting for enhanced IT agility and cost efficiencies; a NZ$1 billion commitment announced in 2024 to develop 118MW of new data centre capacity over five to seven years, seeking an equity capital partner; and NZ$250-300 million investment in data centres plus NZ$40-60 million in 5G expansion through 2026.