Spark announced that it is delivering New Zealand’s first 5G commercial service into selected areas of five South Island towns and communities.
Spark 5G wireless broadband services are now live in selected areas of Westport, Clyde, Twizel, Tekapo, and Hokitika. This builds upon the 5G service Spark switched on in Alexandra in September, with further locations coming next year.
Spark has created a new “5G Discover” plan which provides up to 600 GB per month of data, a substantial increase in data over the wireless broadband plans available in those regions previously.
The Spark 5G Discover plan flexes based on a customer’s data usage so if they use less, they pay less – from $75 a month to a maximum of $95 per month. The 5G Discover Entertainment plan includes Lightbox and Netflix and is priced between $85 and $105 per month. For these five towns Spark has included an introductory discount of $10 per month for the first twelve months of the plan.
The introductory discount for twelve months makes it the same pricing and datacap as Spark’s recently announced Unplan Metro wireless broadband plan in Auckland, which is delivered over Spark’s 4G and 4.5G network.
The Spark 5G services in the five towns use the latest Nokia 5G radio equipment including a smart antenna system, which will provide optimised capacity and coverage compared to 4G.
