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Elon Musk sure has been busy in the Australian telecommunications space. Just over a week after Telstra announced a partnership with Starlink, Optus has entered the airspace with its own collaboration with SpaceX.
On Wednesday Optus announced that it would be partnering with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite system to “cover 100% of Australia” with mobile connectivity. According to the company, the only parts of Australia that won’t be impacted are the Australian Radio Quiet Zone in Western Australia (where no service is allowed) and remote offshore territories and islands.
Through its agreement with SpaceX, Optus will work to expand the reach of customers’ mobile connectivity to include 60% of Australia’s land mass that currently has no mobile coverage.
But there will still be a bit of a wait.
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