2degrees moves into broadband

Stewart Sherriff.
Stewart Sherriff.
Telecommunications company 2degrees has entered the broadband market, using its recent purchase of Snap as the impetus to attract both residential and business customers.2degrees is now on the same footing as its major competitors Spark and Vodafone.

The company has also joined with Sky Neon to give customers unlimited content for the first six months.

Chief executive Stewart Sherriff said the telco could now offer the full communications service it had been asking for.

''Today we see one of our key strategic goals come to fruition - providing both mobile and broadband services to our customers.

''Becoming a full service provider is something our customers have been asking for, particularly as Kiwis continue to embrace more data-intensive lifestyles and move to ultra-fast broadband fibre services.''

The company aimed to do with broadband what it did with the mobile market six years ago, he said.

The plans released by 2degrees are in line with those already available on Snap.

The 80GB plan is $69, the unlimited plan is $89, with a $10 discount for 2degrees pay monthly mobile customers.

Customers get the fastest service available in their street at time of sign-up.

Fibre customers could upgrade their speeds for between $10 and $50 and there was an optional home phone bundle for unlimited New Zealand and Australian landline calls from $15 per month.

Although financial terms of the sale of Snap were not disclosed, it was understood the deal was worth about $26million.

Snap's broadband service had been marketed separately to 2degrees mobile service.

This had now changed, with all services combined under the 2degrees brand.

Mr Sherriff said the change was due to customer feedback the broadband market was too complex, and marketing under the one brand simplified things.

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