Australia's state-owned internet network hired Amazon's untested startup satellite service to link people who cannot access its terrestrial network, rather than tech entrepreneur Elon Musk's Starlink.

Starlink, the satellite internet service provider by SpaceX, experienced a brief network outage in the United States on ...

July 3 (Reuters) - Australia's top telecom firm Telstra Group TLS.AX said on Monday it will partner with Elon Musk's Starlink to provide fixed broadband and voice services to rural Australians.

How Starlink conquered Australia Australia is particularly suited to satellite internet. Its large area and low population density means most of the country's land mass has no mobile reception.

On July 24, 2025, Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet network, experienced its most widespread and longest-lasting outage to date. Tens of thousands of users across North America, Europe, Australia, ...

According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)’s latest Measuring Broadband Australia report, both NBN Co’s fixed wireless network and Starlink’s satellite services ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Monday opened up $100 preorders for Starlink in different parts of the world. This included Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and areas of the US where Starlink isn't yet live.

With broadband speeds varying from 50 megabits per second to 150 mps, Starlink potentially lifts the experience of users, even in remote communities, to levels that would usually be seen in ...

Customers in rural and remote Australia looking for an improved voice or broadband service. Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates ...

While geostationary satellites have latency in the order of 600-800ms, those in low Earth orbit can provide 20-40ms of latency. Starlink users last year were seeing internet speeds of 134Mbps.

If you're in the market for a new internet plan, you might have heard about Elon Musk's Starlink satellite service. It's causing quite the stir in regional Australia.

July 3 (Reuters) - Australia's top telecom firm Telstra Group (TLS.AX) said on Monday it will partner with Elon Musk's Starlink to provide fixed broadband and voice services to rural Australians.