Lightwire Limited

Lightwire Limited

Trade name	Lightwire
Company type	Private company
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	2006
Founder	Murray William Pearson
Headquarters	Hamilton, New Zealand
Area served	New Zealand Australia
Products	Residential and business telecommunication solutions Rural Fixed Wireless Fibre broadband VoIP 3CX Teams Phone WAN
Website	www.lightwire.co

Lightwire (formerly Rural Link Limited) is an Internet service provider (ISP) based in Hamilton, New Zealand. Lightwire was born out of a University of Waikato project in 2006. ^{[1] [2]}

In May 2016, Lightwire purchased the broadband arm of NetSmart Ltd thus extending their service coverage into the Bay of Plenty. ^[3]

See also

• Internet in New Zealand

References

1. "ISP wired about ultrafast network". Stuff.co.nz. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
2. "Speedier internet link for Hamilton". Stuff.co.nz. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
3. "Netsmart - Lightwire". Lightwire Limited. Retrieved 2 September 2016.