Telstra is an Australian telecommunications company that is increasingly involved in the space industry through satellite communications. It partners with companies like SpaceX's Starlink to expand mobile coverage, especially in remote areas, by utilizing satellite-to-mobile technology for text messaging and potentially other services. Telstra also operates satellite communication ground stations and explores opportunities to leverage satellite technology for enhanced network resilience and diversified backhaul pathways. Additionally, Telstra has the Telstra Creator Space at the University of Melbourne, a fabrication lab, where students can explore space technologies.
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The first Telstra teleport for OneWeb is located in Darwin Tivendale and is scheduled to begin installation 2022-03 with go-live planned in July.
Telstra plans to complete work later 2022 on two additional OneWeb teleport sites in Charlton Toowoomba and Wangara, Perth, Western Australia.
OneWeb and Telstra signed a memorandum of understanding earlier 2022-03 to explore ways to improve digital connectivity for Telstra customers in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
Telstra announced on 2022-03-22 plans to build and maintain three dedicated teleports to provide satellite gateway services in the Southern Hemisphere for OneWeb’s broadband constellation.
The three Telstra teleports are being built across Australia as part of a 10-year agreement between Telstra and OneWeb announced at Satellite 2022.
Each Telstra teleport facility is designed to provide turnkey ground station support for OneWeb’s growing fleet of low Earth orbit satellites.
On 2022-02-01, Viasat and Australian telco Telstra entered a partnership to build and manage the ground infrastructure for the third ViaSat-3 satellite.
Telstra’s satellite facility in Gnangara has been used to operate a remote operations centre in partnership with Fugro.
Telstra plans to switch off its 0.003 kg network by June 2024 to free up spectrum for 0.005 kg expansion.
0.005 kg subscriptions’ share in Australia is expected to grow from 5.7% in 2020 to 34.2% in 2025 supported by 0.005 kg network expansions by Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone Australia.
Telstra plans to focus on M2M/IoT services and 0.005 kg network expansion to drive revenue growth following the 2020 lean period.
The Australian government has not committed to privatizing NBN Co following an unsolicited offer from Telstra to eventually buy the public telecommunications company.