NetSmart

NetSmart Limited was a telecommunication service provider based in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand.

NetSmart Ltd.

Company type	Private company
Industry	Internet Service Provider
Founded	1988; 37 years ago (1988)
Headquarters	Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Products	Fibre & Wireless Broadband, Telephony services, Hosting, Data Center, Cloud Computing, Hotspots
Website	www.netsmart.co.nz

Company milestones

• 1998 - NetSmart is born;
• 1999 - NetSmart starts web hosting;
• 2002 - NetSmart starts building a broadband wireless network in the Bay of Plenty;
• 2002 - NetSmart connects to the Auckland Peering Exchange;
• 2004 - NetSmart moves to new custom built data centre in Regency House, Tauranga;
• 2005 - Broadband coverage is now extended from Waihi through to Whakatāne;
• 2007 - NetSmart builds DMR backhaul from Auckland (Sky Tower) to Tauranga, scalable to Gigabit Ethernet;
• 2008 - NetSmart adds fibre based backup to Auckland DMR link;
• 2009 - NetSmart starts trials of licensed WiMAX and starts fitout of a new data centre in Tauranga;
• 2010 - NetSmart launches business licensed WiMAX service in Matamata-Piako, Hauraki, Western Bay and Tauranga Districts;
• 2011 - NetSmart launches high speed residential licensed WiMAX broadband and phone service;
• 2012 - NetSmart increases its licensed WiMAX coverage to Hamilton and Cambridge, Waikato;
• 2012 - NetSmart increases its licensed WiMAX coverage to Bombay region, Auckland;
• 2013 - NetSmart acquired Skynet - Waikato region based wireless ISP;
• 2014 - NetSmart extends its after hour and weekend customer support;
• 2015 - NetSmart launched its Ultrafast Wireless product;
• 2015 - NetSmart started a sister company in Nairobi, Kenya;
• 2016 - NetSmart internet branch is acquired by Lightwire Limited existing staff of the business continues operation under the name "Eco Datacenter";^[1]