Australia’s NBN Co inks $620m satellite deal

February 08, 12 by David Goldstein

The NBN Co has inked $620 million contract with joint-venture Space Systems- Loral to provide broadband services to remote Australia.

Under the terms of the agreement, the joint-venture will build two satellites to be launched 2015 which will serve broadband to parts of Australia’s population beyond the reach of the NBN Co’s fibre-optic network.

To read this report in The Australian in full, see: www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/nbn-co-inks-620m-satellite-deal/story-e6frgakx-1226265629034

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Faster internet for people in remote Australia The company responsible for the National Broadband Network will launch two satellites to provide fast internet to the remotest parts of the country.

It’s part of a $2 billion investment by NBN Co. to provide broadband to the three per cent of the Australian population that can’t get optic fibre or wireless. www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201202/s3425774.htm

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