This week on The Business of Tech, Peter Griffin and Ben Moore are joined by Mark Callander, chief executive of our sponsor 2degrees.
The word of the day is satellites as Mark draws back the curtain on the telco's partnership with Lynk Global for its upcoming satellite-to-mobile tech to deliver cell service to customers out of the range of cell towers.
Mark outlines what it does, how it works, and why it’s different from Apple’s Emergency SOS service.
But before that, the news of the day is unpacked, including 5G spectrum allocation and rural connectivity, Zenno Astronautics’ success, and Google’s AI announcements.
From our browsers to yours, recommended reading from around the internet:
- NZ space firm Zenno closing on $80m in pre-sales - BusinessDesk
- We're missing out on $7.8b in the economy each year - BusinessDesk
- 2degrees plans satellite to mobile test this month - expert urges caution - NewZealand Herald
- ChatGPT is not ‘artificial intelligence.’ It’s theft - America Magazine
- It's happening: AI chatbot to replace human order-takers at Wendy's drive-thru - Techspot
- The Aliens Have Landed, and We Created Them - Bloomberg
- NZ sheep facial recognition tech to be trialled in Australia - CRN
- Microsoft agrees to buy electricity generated from Sam Altman-backed fusion company Helion in 2028 - CNBC
- Google is about to turn the online publishing industry upside down - Forbes
- Consumer group urges AU publicly owned cloud - iStart.co.nz
- Get Ready for Tim Cook's Riskiest Move at Apple - Bloomerg
