- Providing professional grade LEO satellite services to rural, regional and remote Australia
- High-speed, low-latency “fiber-like” connectivity
- First Trial of OneWeb LEO Backhaul in FSG’s Australian Neutral Host Pilot under Federal Mobile Blackspot Program
- Complete installation and management services to supply, install and support LEO customers
- Government, Business, Agribusiness, Mining and Resources
- Start of trials with Queensland and the Government of the Northern Territories
LONDON – Field Solutions Holdings Limited (ASX:FSG), Australia’s leading rural and regional telecommunications operator, has been appointed OneWeb Channel Partner in Australia, providing high throughput, low latency LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite services from OneWeb to rural, regional, and remote Australia.
“This is an important milestone for rural and regional connectivity, as OneWeb’s LEO Satellite provides enterprise-grade satellite capabilities,” commented FSG CEO Andrew Roberts. “OneWeb’s technology will help us further extend our reach into underserved parts of Australia with ‘fibre-like’ connectivity to the most inaccessible places, accelerating our ability to deliver technologies such as 5G and IoT. everywhere,” he added.
OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite company, is now halfway to delivering global LEO satellite services in 2022 and is seeing growing demand from telecommunications providers, ISPs and governments around the world. worldwide to offer its low latency and high throughput services. connectivity services. OneWeb has raised $2.7 billion since November 2020.
“OneWeb’s enterprise-grade network has a unique ability to serve hard-to-reach businesses and communities. Our work with FSG will focus on how satellite technology can improve capacity and coverage in remote, rural and challenging geographies,” said David Thorn, OneWeb Regional Director, APAC. “Today’s agreement with FSG demonstrates OneWeb’s execution momentum and our focus on reaching remote communities in Australia with fiber-like services.”
In mid-2021, FSG announced that it had won projects under the Commonwealth Mobile Blackspot Project, which will see FSG build and test Australia’s first neutral host mobile network. This project, which will be tested in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, will also demonstrate the ability of OneWeb’s LEO satellite technology as an enabler for 5G deployment in rural and remote areas.
“We are very pleased to partner with OneWeb to launch and deploy these new technologies, which are helping to further bridge the digital divide between metropolitan areas and rural and remote areas in Australia, faster and more cost effectively.” Robert commented. FSG will retail and wholesale the OneWeb product set nationwide and through our regional offices, and together provide installation services, ongoing support and technical assistance. “Providing a fully supported turnkey product is especially vital in remote and rural areas,” adds Roberts.
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