High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 2degrees is a U.S. and British ownedmobile phone provider operating in New Zealand with 580,112 customers (12.5% of New Zealand`s population). They launched on 5 August 2009 after 9 years of planning. 2degrees currently offers prepaid and pay monthly mobile services. 2degrees has spent $250 million building its network in the main city centres of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, plus the tourist destination Queenstown. Their network will work with GSM and UMTS mobiles compatible with the competing Vodafone and Telecom XT networks. In areas without 2degrees coverage handsets will roam on Vodafone`s GSM and UMTS network.