Vodacom and parent company Vodafone announced a partnership with Amazon on its low Earth orbit satellite broadband service, Project Kuiper.
Vodacom plans to use Project Kuiper’s high-bandwidth, low-latency satellite network to bring the benefits of 4G and 5G connectivity to under-serviced areas.
Vodacom said it would specifically target areas where it may otherwise be challenging and prohibitively expensive to serve with traditional fibre or microwave backhaul connections. Amazon plans to partner with Vodafone to roll out Project Kuiper’s services to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
“These connections will be complemented further through our own work on direct-to-smartphone satellite services,” Della Valle said.
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