NetSmart
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NetSmart Limited is a telecommunication service provider based in Tauranga
, Bay of Plenty
region of New Zealand
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Tauranga
Tauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region, in the North Island of New Zealand.It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963...
, Bay of Plenty
Bay of Plenty
The Bay of Plenty , often abbreviated to BOP, is a region in the North Island of New Zealand situated around the body of water of the same name...
region of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Key Company Milestones
- 1998 - NetSmart is born;
- 1999 - NetSmart starts web hosting;
- 2002 - NetSmart starts building a broadband wireless networkWireless networkWireless network refers to any type of computer network that is not connected by cables of any kind. It is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and enterprise installations avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment...
in the Bay of PlentyBay of PlentyThe Bay of Plenty , often abbreviated to BOP, is a region in the North Island of New Zealand situated around the body of water of the same name...
; - 2002 - NetSmart connects to the Auckland Peering ExchangeAuckland Peering ExchangeThe Auckland Peering Exchange is an Ethernet-based neutral peering point running over the CityLink metropolitan network in Auckland, New Zealand...
; - 2004 - NetSmart moves to new custom built data centre in Regency House, TaurangaTaurangaTauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region, in the North Island of New Zealand.It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963...
; - 2005 - Broadband coverage is now extended from WaihiWaihiWaihi is a town in Hauraki District in the North Island of New Zealand, especially notable for its history as a gold mine town. It had a population of 4,503 at the 2006 census....
through to WhakataneWhakataneWhakatane is a town in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region, in the North Island of New Zealand, and is the seat of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Whakatane is 90 km east of Tauranga and 89 km north-east of Rotorua, at the mouth of the Whakatane River.The town has a population of , with...
; - 2007 - NetSmart builds DMR backhaul from Auckland (Sky Tower) to Tauranga, scalable to gigabit ethernetGigabit EthernetGigabit Ethernet is a term describing various technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second , as defined by the IEEE 802.3-2008 standard. It came into use beginning in 1999, gradually supplanting Fast Ethernet in wired local networks where it performed...
; - 2008 - NetSmart adds fibre based backup to Auckland DMR link;
- 2009 - NetSmart starts trials of licensed WiMAXWiMAXWiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
and starts fitout of a new data centre in Tauranga; - 2010 - NetSmart launches business WiMAX service in Matamata-Piako, HaurakiHaurakiHauraki is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of the North Shore City Council.The population was 5,631 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 261 from 2001.-Education:...
, Western Bay and Tauranga Districts; - 2011 - NetSmart launches high speed residential WiMAX broadband and phone service