Telecom's infrastructure division, Chorus, has already taken orders for the product. The company is also marketing to Australia, and has received interest from Britain, Singapore, Taiwan and France. An additional advantage to those who already have fibre optic cabling and still wish to use the device - it will act as a backup electricity system.
The firm is also in discussions with banks and government departments to keep eftpos machines, security cameras operating and alarms running.
"This is going to make us big," Stuff.co.nz quoted Feygan as saying. "We have invested millions of investors'' money, worked weekends and long hours and it's finally paying off," he added.