Senior government officials have doused fears that a new policy to extend universal service obligations to mobile phones would further entrench Elon Musk’s Starlink service in Australia.
Appearing before a Senate Estimates hearing on Tuesday, Communication department deputy secretary James Chisholm said the policy would instead send a “strong signal” that the government “wants to see competition and other entrants” in the market.
“If the government didn’t commit to a …
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