Stuff takes 100% ownership of Stuff Fibre
Stuff Limited (Stuff) confirmed today it has bought 100% of internet service provider, Stuff Fibre (NZ Fibre Communications Limited).
Stuff Fibre, an unlimited
data, fibre-only internet service provider (ISP) start up
was launched jointly with Giant Management Limited in 2016,
with GML shareholder Sam Morse as CEO.
Awarded Best
Fibre Broadband Provider at the Broadband Compare awards in
November last year, Stuff Fibre has become one of New
Zealand’s fastest-growing ISPs since it launched 18 months
ago to help connect Kiwis to the new ultra-fast broadband
network being rolled out around the country.
Stuff
Fibre provides a simple offer of fibre connections for
residential customers, along with a no fixed term contract
and local customer service. Most recently, Stuff Fibre added
to its customer offering when it ventured into pay-per-view
movie streaming service, Stuff Pix, giving Stuff Fibre
customers the ability to choose one movie a month, on us,
from its huge selection of new release blockbuster and Kiwi
movies.
Sinead Boucher, Stuff CEO says: “We are very
pleased to be able to bring Stuff Fibre fully into the Stuff
fold and look forward to continuing to build a great
internet service for New Zealanders.”
Ms Boucher
said she also wanted to thank the Stuff Fibre management and
wider operational team for their dedication and hard work in
building the business from a start up 18 months ago to a
successful ISP service.
“Having been in the industry
for many years we saw the need to design a product from the
ground up”, said Sam Morse, Stuff Fibre CEO. “I’m
immensely proud of what the team has achieved - an
award-winning provider reaching the highest net promoter
score in the industry. To achieve such excellence,
everything from our technology, customer experience,
marketing and commercial operations delivered on our promise
to provide Kiwis with a better, simpler internet and premium
content experience”.
Stuff Fibre is available in
every region across New Zealand where fibre is available, as
per the government roll out plan, starting at $49 a month.
With over one million New Zealanders having access to fibre
now, and a third of those looking to get connected the focus
of Stuff Fibre is on how to strategically tap into those
looking to switch providers or upgrade.
The purchase
brings forward Stuff’s existing options to acquire their
shares in the business and reflects the confidence Stuff has
in the future of this brand and its value to New
Zealanders.
ENDS