A countrywide network outage yesterday rendered many mobile phones useless.. File photo NZ HeraldSpark is looking into providing customers a free landline re-route when things go wrong with its mobile network. A countrywide network outage yesterday rendered many mobile phones useless. While the error was corrected in the afternoon, intermittent disruptions affecting text, call and data services continued into the evening. More than 260 of Spark's 1500 mobile sites across the country were impacted, a spokesman said yesterday, apologising to customers.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 29, 2017 20:47 UTC