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Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that their recently launch consumer Direct-to-Device (D2D) based O2 Satellite service (here), which enables normal Smartphones to connect to their UK mobile network via Starlink’s cell-focused broadband satellites, is being made available to business customers via O2 Business.
Regular readers may recall that the consumer variant of O2 Satellite typically costs an extra £3 inc. VAT extra per month, while the O2 Business version will be made available to ‘Plus‘ customers for an extra £2.50 exc. VAT per month (30-day rolling bolt-on) and it will also come included by default on their O2 Business Ultimate plans. Otherwise the details remain very similar.
The service harnesses SpaceX’s global Starlink constellation in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to support a satellite based 4G mobile data (broadband) connection via a small 5MHz (paired spectrum) part of the 1800MHz (B3) band, which enables connectivity in even some of the remotest parts of the UK. In addition, users also benefit from greater general resilience, at least when outside a building.