Musk’s Starlink satellite will allow Telstra customers to communicate from almost anywhere in Australia.
, allowing customers to send a text message from almost anywhere in Australia – including rural and regional dead zones.
SpaceX – founded and run by Elon Musk – will provide text messaging capability to Telstra customers in mobile dead zones.Telstra’s global network and technology executive, Shailin Sehgal, said the technology would be “particularly relevant” for customers in regional and remote parts of Australia without a reliable mobile connection.
“Australia’s landmass is vast and there will always be large areas where mobile and fixed networks do not reach, and this is where satellite technology will play a complementary role to our existing networks.”
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