1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: Now we have a new service that will show mobile 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: network outages in real time. One New Zealand and Spark 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: of joined forces to create the thing. It's believed to 4 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: be a world first and one New Zealand's chief executive, 5 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: Jason Paris is with us. Now, Hey, Jason A Heather right, 6 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: who uses this thing? Do I use this thing? 7 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 2: No? You don't, but our emergency services do. So fire 8 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 2: an emergency service New Zealand Police, Saint John and Wellington 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: Free Ambulance initially, and then we want others to come 10 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 2: onto the service as well. And basic what it means 11 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 2: is we can prioritize them when there's congestion on our networks. 12 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 2: We can also make sure that they can roam off 13 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 2: each of our networks because no Spark has a different 14 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 2: coverage footprint to us. And then today we announce the 15 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 2: third service, which basically means we can give emergency services 16 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 2: advanced warning on any planned network outages or if we 17 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: have a natural disaster many network outages, so we can 18 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 2: optimize our network to save lives. 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: So how would it work if you're planning to, I 20 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: don't know, take down a tower and fix it or something, 21 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: and it's going to create an outage. How would that 22 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: help an emergency service to know that in advance. 23 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 2: Well, it's just making sure that if they are in 24 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 2: a remote area that doesn't have coverage from both of us, 25 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 2: that they might need an alternative way of communicating for 26 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 2: an hour between say one and two in the morning, 27 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 2: because that's the most of the time when we do 28 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 2: kind of planned outages. It's not during the middle of 29 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 2: the day, but people get sacked or get themselves in 30 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 2: danger in a whole lot of bunch of different ways. 31 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 2: And it's just making sure that especially those emergency services 32 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 2: and the most remote and regional areas know where there's 33 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 2: a planned outage. 34 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: And so is the same true of if there's a 35 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: major weather event and not any kind of natural disaster 36 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: knocks out coverage, then they know where they need to 37 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: take satellite phones or something into. 38 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. Of course, you know, we've got satellite technology 39 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 2: available now which gives another level of resilience. But with 40 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 2: the networks on the ground get taken out, it means 41 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 2: that we can restore them where emergency services tell us 42 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: much much faster, so Spark and ourselves can kind of 43 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: share the load and stand up our networks in different 44 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 2: places at different times. When that network comes back on, 45 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 2: of course, lots of people want to connect to our 46 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 2: cell towers all at the same time. We will prioritize 47 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 2: emergency services first to make sure that they've got access, 48 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 2: and then you know, we make sure that we can 49 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 2: reciprocally roam roam off each other's networks, again, prioritizing the 50 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 2: emergency services over other traffic. Again, it's about saving lives. 51 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:43,679 Speaker 2: Easy thing to do, so quite technically difficult. It's a 52 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 2: world first for a reason, I think technically difficult one. 53 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 2: And then two, you know corporates here that we don't 54 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 2: normally like sharing our toys in the sandpit, and so 55 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 2: spark and One New Zealand coming together to share infrastructure 56 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: it's a really good thing for New Zealand. You know, 57 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 2: modern digital infrast structure resilience means that people are safer 58 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: and in spark on One New Zealand working together is 59 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:06,959 Speaker 2: a pretty good thing for the country. 60 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: Now, Jason, I've got to say, man, yeah, I know 61 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: you've been you've been censored on this, but some of 62 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: those REEFS calls throughout the past season have been dodgy 63 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: as all, how haven't they? 64 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, they have. I've been pretty frustrated. You know, even 65 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 2: on Saturday night, I thought there was a clear knock 66 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 2: on and a clear forward pass. But either if you 67 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 2: talk to the team, we still haven't been playing to 68 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 2: our full potential for eighty minutes. So I've reluctantly got 69 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 2: to admit that we should be taking the reef's decisions 70 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 2: or the bunker's decision. More importantly, it's really hard for 71 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 2: the rest on the field, and it's going so quickly 72 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 2: out of out of their hands, and by winning by 73 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 2: ten or twenty instead of winning by six points or 74 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 2: losing by six points. So twenty twenty six Premiership here 75 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 2: we come. Once we meet our full potential. 76 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: I love the enthusias, love the belief. Thank you, Jason 77 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: Jason Parris, chief executive of One New Zealand. 78 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 79 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 2: news talks. 80 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast 81 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio.