Business View Oceania | May 2022

13 14 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 4, ISSUE 5 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 4, ISSUE 5 that we support them in turn. We are already processing orders for the next year for our OEM supply. That’s how worried these guys are about distribution issues.” Other challenges facing MasTec include New Zealand’s rigorous radiofrequency spectrum controls- currently, the nation’s 900-megahertz band is highly limited. Mr. Maskell explains, “We would really love to have the New Zealand government open up a little bit on the 900-megahertz restrictions. This frequency band is used for long distance radio transmissions and is very important in bringing data out of agricultural areas, because it goes through trees and hedges quite well. We’ve seen its success in remote areas of Australia, where restrictions aren’t as tight. We’ve been lobbying for this for six years, so we really want to see some change. It’s a technical issue for which we have no solution. Without that technology, we essentially have to wait for wireless companies to innovate and improve lower frequency systems.” sophisticated, highly sought-after company, and they’re in little old New Zealand. So we are really passionate about getting stories like this out there so that the world can recognise and acknowledge Oceanic companies as key players in technological innovation.” MASTEC PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n Opto 22 opto22.com MasTec is committed to furthering sustainability in the high technology market through their partnerships with environmentally responsible entities, development and use of solar power systems, and recycling capabilities; the company recycles several tonnes of lead annually. Moving forward, MasTec hopes to do more in the sustainable technology space, supporting innovation and the move to carbon neutrality throughout Oceania. Also on the cards for the future is a website overhaul, Mr. Maskell says. “Our main website at the moment is a bit of an information overload, so we are in the process of developing websites that break down our offering into specific areas for vertical markets. Running multiple websites, however, is a massive task that requires huge investment in time and money. To combat this, we have worked with one of our partners to develop technology that allows us to have one giant database that is the foundation for all of our websites. So now, instead of updating websites individually, we can update one database and have all our websites update automatically from there.” MasTec would like to conclude with a note on their mission statement, which reads: “To be an integral part of all technological solutions and the distribution of the latest technologies from the world’s top high-tech companies.” Mr. Maskell elaborates, “The Oceania region is and will continue to be full of potential for technological innovation. Our culture and can-do attitude at MasTec lend us the ability to create long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with key international technology suppliers and manufacturers, but something we are really passionate about is presenting New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific to the rest of the world as a region that does truly amazing things with technology. A fantastic example of this would be Rocket Lab New Zealand, an aerospace company that builds and launches satellites. Now, they’re based in Auckland. And I would argue that their technology is revolutionary. They are a highly