Starlink’s low-earth orbit satellite network is lowering the cost of connecting remote mine camps to head offices while giving operators reliable access to cloud systems, shared data and voice links, Interface Technologies senior partner Lloyd Ainey said.
The Toronto IT and telecom provider has supported mining and exploration companies for years, linking sites across Canada and in Scandinavia, Africa and Australia back to Toronto data centres. Interface does not provide the satellite service itself; it builds and manages the IT, cloud and communications systems around links such as Starlink to connect remote mine sites with head office. Ainey said miners have already embraced digital tools; the bigger issue now is cutting the cost of running them in the field.
“The big game changer has been Starlink,” Ainey told The Northern Miner’s video host, Devan Murugan. “That’s more than enough. You don’t need gigabytes of bandwidth to do this job.”
The service can deliver about 100 megabits per second to remote camps through a small dish that can be moved from one site to another. That matters as miners move planning, modelling and communications onto centralized cloud systems while work sites move farther from fixed telecom lines.
Watch the full interview below:
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