Elon Muskâs Starlink poised to shake up Australiaâs broadband
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Heâs disrupted the car and battery business, the space business, and has helped make cryptocurrency mainstream.
Now businessman Elon Musk stands on the cusp of upsetting Australiaâs broadband business by providing internet from space through thousands of satellites passing in low Earth orbit.
Starlink, a division of SpaceX, is rolling out a constellation of thousands of satellites to provide space-based broadband on Earth. Nearly every time a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches, it carries more Starlink satellites with it.
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The New Criterion s Tim Boreham discusses whether it s not too late to jump on the BNPL gravy train
Should investors succumb to the BNPL FOMO?
By Tim Boreham, Editor, The New Criterion
As with the coronavirus, the buy now pay later (BNPL) sector was expected to have fizzled out by now. Instead, it’s stepped up another level in terms of revenue usage trends and valuations.
Among investors,
Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) is rife as the BNPL contagion continues to displace the role of credit cards in persuading consumers to spend money they don’t have on items they probably don’t need.
Swoop Wholesale has hired Julian Breen as its chief operating officer to oversee its national operations teams that build and support its network.
Breen comes with over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and has worked with Swoop Wholesale’s CEO Alex West, sales marketing director Matt Hollis and head of networks Rick Carter at Vocus Communications and Superloop.
In an interview with CRN, Hollis said there was an opening to bring Breen on board when former COO Paul Reid decided to step back from his commitments.
“Paul was with Cirrus for 10 years and he’s earned some holiday. His family are still major investors in Swoop,” he said. “When Paul said he was stepping back we thought about who a good fit and it was a good opportunity to bring Julian on board.