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Salt partners with SpaceX – “for full coverage throughout Switzerland”

The Swiss provider is working with Elon Musk’s aerospace company. This is intended to improve network coverage from 2024.

Salt wants to provide as complete a coverage as possible throughout Switzerland. For this, the telecom company is working with Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX.

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet network will be combined with its own mobile network, Salt announced on Wednesday. From 2024, Salt customers could send text messages via the Starlink satellites. In 2025, the service will be expanded to voice and data services.

First match of this kind

Salt emphasized that the partnership with SpaceX makes it possible to push the boundaries of conventional mobile networks to remote and underserved areas. The problem of sufficient supply in topographically difficult terrain has thus been solved.

“Mobile phone customers will be able to seamlessly use telecommunication services in Switzerland without having to make any changes to their equipment or add software or apps. This ensures full coverage anytime, anywhere, as well as a backup network for emergencies.”

According to the press release, this is the first agreement of this kind in Europe.

The service will be free for customers with “Salt Premium” rates (private or business customers). For other pricing plans, the service is “affordable” and available as an add-on option, Salt said.

Sources

  • salt.ch: The sky’s the limit: SpaceX’s Salt and Starlink want to team up to ensure full coverage across Switzerland (press release)

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