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Spark will remove data caps and create a new healthcare platform for the next three years.
Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon
The initiatives were part of the telecommunications company’s speech to investors, as it described its new growth strategy.
It said it would remove limits on its wireless broadband plans as capacity becomes available over the next three years, starting with Unplan Metro next week, which was previously limited to 600 gigabytes per connection.
The company planned to move 40 percent of its customers to wireless broadband plans by 2023.
Wireless broadband, unlike fixed broadband, allows people to move their modems with them as they please, giving them greater freedom.
Spark CTO Mark Beder said he had seen exponential year-over-year data growth and believed the new product would attract customers.
“We know that our customers have been waiting for more data since we launched wireless broadband in 2016, and our goal for the next three years is to make unlimited wireless broadband available to as many New Zealanders as possible,” he said.
In an effort to increase revenue, the company said it would support “the digital transformation of New Zealand’s healthcare sector” to seize a portion of what it estimated was a billion dollar opportunity.
He said the sector was ready for digitization in light of Covid-19 and that he would launch the healthcare service as a cloud-based system for healthcare providers, which would include electronic medical records and health analytics.
Spark said it would prioritize the Internet of Things and the development of Spark Sport, which together could generate $ 80 to $ 90 million in revenue over the next three years.
