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Simon Hunt

Royal Caribbean tasks Elon Musk’s Starlink with delivering high-speed internet

Full installation of the new hardware is set to be completed across Silversea Cruise fleets by March 2023

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Cruise giant Royal Caribbean has partnered with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in a bid to become the first cruise fleet to offer high-speed internet to customers.

The New York-listed firm said deployment of the technology is to begin immediately with full installation set to be completed across its Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruise fleets by March 2023. It follows a successful trial of the hardware onboard its Freedom of the Seas ship.

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