Spark has launched its first 5G mobile service, with Palmerston North the first location on its network to be upgraded to the faster mobile technology.
The telco says that makes it the first NZ carrier to offer both mobile and fixed-wireless 5G service (which is technically true, even if its footprint for both is tiny).
In November last year, Spark launched fixed-wireless service in a series of small South Island towns, with Palmerston North added today - making it the first centre to get both mobile and fixed 5G (fixed-wireless covers one home or business only, using mobile broadband as an alternative to a landline).
December saw Vodafone offer the first 5G mobile service in parts of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Queenstown. Vodafone says it will have a broad 5G fixed-wireless rollout by year's end.