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NBN Co set to choose Amazon over Musk’s Starlink for satellite service

Ronald Mizen

Tech giant Amazon is set to win a multimillion-dollar deal to offer satellite internet to rural and regional Australia on behalf of the National Broadband Network, trumping billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink.

The Jeff Bezos-founded Amazon and its network of satellites called Kuiper has emerged from a competitive process as the leading candidate to replace the National Broadband Network’s ageing Sky Muster service of two geostationary satellites.

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Ronald Mizen is the Financial Review’s political correspondent, reporting from the press gallery at Parliament House, Canberra. Connect with Ronald on Twitter. Email Ronald at ronald.mizen@afr.com

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