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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kalyeena Makortoff and agencies

Virgin Media O2 teams with Musk’s Starlink to offer improved UK rural mobile coverage

Someone ordering a Starlink product using a smartphone
Virgin Media O2’s deal with Starlink will allow customers to use messaging and data services in more rural areas for an extra monthly fee. Photograph: Panther Media Global/Alamy

Virgin Media O2 has announced a partnership with Elon Musk’s satellite company aimed at improving rural mobile network coverage in the UK.

The deal with Starlink is said to be the first of its kind to allow consumers to automatically connect phones via satellites when no standard mobile signal is available, tapping into the company’s position as the world’s largest satellite-to-mobile constellation.

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