(Reuters) – Australia’s high telecom agency Telstra Group stated on Monday it’s going to accomplice with Elon Musk’s Starlink to supply mounted broadband and voice companies to rural Australians.
The telecommunications supplier will convey dwelling telephone service and Starlink broadband companies as a bundle to Australians, it stated on a weblog submit.
“The addition of Starlink will present an extra connectivity choice for individuals and companies in rural and distant areas,” the corporate added.
Telstra expects to have the ability to provide the brand new service choices to each clients and companies in direction of the top of the 12 months.
It additionally guarantees larger obtain speeds in comparison with copper-based Uneven Digital Subscriber Traces.
Starlink, operated by Musk’s SpaceX, has constructed a fast-growing community of greater than 3,500 satellites in low-Earth orbit that may present connectivity in distant areas.
(Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Modifying by Krishna Chandra Eluri)
