Jason Paris: One New Zealand CEO on the company starting testing its Starlink satellite to mobile service - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

One New Zealand has been given the green light to begin testing of their Starlink satellite to mobile service over the next 10 weeks.

It'll allow texting and messaging from many places currently without coverage.

Currently 40 percent of the country has no mobile coverage, and the telecommunications company says satellite to cell plays a vital role in keeping people connected.

One New Zealand chief executive Jason Paris joined Francesca Rudkin.

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