Vodafone, Kuiper Collaborating on SCS Service for Europe, Africa
Vodafone and Amazon's Kuiper will join on mobile supplemental coverage from space in Europe and Africa, Vodafone said Tuesday. The Kuiper constellation will "bring the benefits of 4G/5G connectivity to areas that may otherwise be challenging and prohibitively expensive to…
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serve via traditional fibre or microwave solutions," it said. Vodafone said, as part of the collaboration, Amazon "plans to partner with Vodafone to roll out Project Kuiper’s high-speed broadband services to unserved and underserved communities around the world." Vodafone said it and Kupier will start deploying services to Africa and Europe as Amazon's production satellite come online. It said it plans to participate in Amazon's beta testing of Kuper services in late 2024.