Having been bought up by another company, the company "Vodafone New
Zealand" will cease to exist in New Zealand next year. The new name
will be "One" (not to be confused with TVNZ One and about another
bazillion companies using the "one" name). The website is already up in
an early form at <https://one.nz>


Vodafone NZ to rebrand as One New Zealand in early 2023
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Vodafone NZ has announced a significant rebrand, with the
company announcing it is changing its name to One New Zealand
in early 2023.

This follows the recent change of ownership from Vodafone
Group to new owners Infratil and Brookfield in 2019.

In the last few years, the company has been shown to overhaul
the way it sells and serves, bringing most of its call centres
back home to New Zealand while also forming local teams of
experts and bringing all its retail stores under full
ownership. 

It has also been upgrading its legacy technology to make it
easier for teams to help customers. 

Jason Paris, Vodafone New Zealand CEO, says that One New
Zealand will strive to become world-famous for its service,
dedicated to providing more locals helping locals, and great
service where and when needed, in stores, via call centres, or
online.

"We are going from eight letters to three, and we are keeping
our strong partner market relationship with Vodafone, so our
customers will continue to benefit from that via access to
global roaming, IoT (Internet of Things) platform, security
and network technology solutions for the business and consumer
market," he says.

"This is much more than just a name change; it is the icing on
the cake. Three years ago, we moved from global to local to
focus 100% on New Zealand, and since then we have been laying
the foundations to serve Aotearoa long into the future. Now, it
is time to take the next step. To become One New Zealand. One
team of over 3,000 employees, with one focus on one country and
on one goal, to unlock the magic of technology to create an
awesome Aotearoa."

The company says it has spent close to a billion dollars on
improving the Smart Network. Part of this process has included
being the first to launch a 5G mobile network in New Zealand
(after being the first to deliver 3G and 4G) and rolling this
latest technology out to dozens of cities and towns around
Aotearoa. 

They have also upgraded wireless broadband and HFC (Hybrid Fibre
Coaxial) services and delivered advanced fibre broadband options
across the country.

To coincide with the announcement of One New Zealand, the
company is also announcing some new initiatives, including
One Good Kiwi, a digital charity platform through which One New
Zealand will donate $1.2 million a year to worthy causes that are
making positive change for rangatahi. 

There was also the announcement of One Plan, which will give
customers the freedom to use data however and whenever they want. 

Also, from today, Vodafone New Zealand is offering its business
customers an upgrade to an enhanced security package with Microsoft
with no added cost.

Paris says that current Vodafone NZ customers will not have to do
anything, but the positive effects of the change will slowly start
to emerge leading up to the 2023 launch.

"We cannot wait to help more New Zealanders do amazing things in
the future, and we have a lot more plans up our sleeve to share in
coming months," he says

"For now, customers will not need to do anything different at all,
we will continue to operate as Vodafone New Zealand until the
change happens, but in the meantime, expect to see a lot more proof
of the changes that One New Zealand will bring."


<https://itbrief.co.nz/story/vodafone-nz-to-rebrand-as-one-new-zealand-in-early-2023>

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