"We are living in a new digital age, where the smart use of data is an exploding global phenomena."

"These calls are not from Spark and Spark strongly advises anyone who receives one of these calls to hang up immediately."

"Rural communities are the engine rooms of our economy."

"It’s great to see Lightbox using the power of the Internet to give New Zealanders access to insanely good TV."

"You can head home tonight, sign up to the Lightbox 30 day free trial and choose from hundreds of great TV shows online - all ready to go whenever you are."

"That’s a huge amount of traffic, but just like the boys in black we had our game plan worked out and so the network was performing at close to 100% throughout the game."

"Our customers wanted and needed us to change."

Spark Business has partnered with local Kiwi company Optimizer to solve one of the most common ‘pain points’ for small business owners...

"We’re already surrounded by intelligent sensors that measure environments, personal gadgets and appliances."

"What better way to unleash the potential of New Zealanders than by using digital technology and the power and generosity of the crowd to accelerate success?"

"Spark will be a stimulus for new customers to take another look at what we have to offer, and we think they will be pleasantly surprised."

Spark Digital CEO Tim Miles is fired up about Gen-i's rebrand. He talks to Heather Wright about the genesis of Spark and leadership.

On the day Telecom officially changed its name to Spark New Zealand, the telco giant has also launched Spark Thanks in a bid to reward its customers across the country.

Telecom, soon to be Spark New Zealand, says the time has come for Gigabit per second data download speeds to be available across all of New Zealand’s Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) fibre network.

"I loved my job but now i wake up to days when i dont feel like going to work. Happy staff means more productivity for the company."

"But there is a line we shouldn't cross and none of us should accept judgmental criticism or outright cynicism.

Watch what you say on Telecom's internal intranet forum – or you might find the big boss telling you to feel free to take your cynical side to another company!

"We see this as a strategic business move giving the Telecom group a very strong New Zealand Cloud services portfolio."

"Spark is much more than just a new name - it reflects enormous change underway in our business and in the world around us."

"Our move to Spark in August reflects our singular focus on enabling New Zealand businesses to succeed in the digital world, both here in New Zealand and wherever else they may operate."

"We see this as a strategic business move giving the Telecom group a very strong New Zealand Cloud services portfolio."

"The reengineering programme is a significant driver of our long-term strategy."

Telecom, soon to be Spark, has announced that it will offer residential customers Unlimited Broadband Data plans from today.

"This is one of the early signs that the market understands the new opportunities that will be available under the Ultra-Fast Broadband Initiative."