The National Broadband Network Co (NBN Co) has announced plans to deliver ‘even faster internet to the bush’ by doubling the speed capacity of its fixed-wireless and satellite services.

The company announced that over half a million homes throughout the country will be eligible to receive the Fixed-Wireless and Long Term Satellite services, which will now be able to deliver download speeds of up to 25 Mbps amd ipload speeds of up to 5 Mbps.

The revised Fixed-Wireless network speeds will be made available in June, while the Long Term Satellite Service is scheduled for launch in 2015.

NBN Co has reiterated that the wholesale price for internet service providers who retail the company’s Satellite and Fixed Wireless services will be pegged at the same rate as they are for fibre uses in metropolitan areas: $27 per month for the 25/5Mbps service and $24 for the 12/1Mbps service respectively.

“Every home and business in Australia - from the outback to the city - will have access to fast internet at speeds as good as or faster than ADSL2+ services available in metropolitan areas today,” NBN Co’s CEO Mike Quigley said.

The rollout of the Fixed-Wireless and Long-Term Satellite services aim to cover around seven per cent of the nation's premises.