Wanting To Compete With Starlink, Amazon And Vrio Will Launch Satellite Internet Service

Amazon and Vrio collaborate in developing satellite internet services (photo: dock. Amazon)

JAKARTA Amazon, a US technology company, partnered with telecommunications company Vrio to launch satellite internet services. Reportedly, this service will be launched in several countries. Vrio, tasked with expanding the satellite internet service, will offer its services in seven countries in South America. The seven countries are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. Vice President Vrio, Lucas Werthein, told Reuters they believe with the large number of satellite internet service launch opportunities. The reason is, hundreds of millions of people in those seven countries cannot easily access the internet. "About 200 million people in this region have poor, little or no internet access at all," said Werthein. Added again to its geographical conditions, and of course, the continent that has challenges in carrying out large amounts of infrastructure investments. This internet service will rely on Project Kuiper, a satellite constellation development program in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) similar to Starlink. It is planned that this internet service will officially operate in the middle of next year.

The first country to be targeted for the launch of internet services from Project Kuiper is Argentina. Once the constellation of satellites stabilizes, the service will expand to other countries that Amazon and Vrio have targeted. Bruno Henriques, Head of Amazon's Business Development in Latin America, revealed that his company will explain plans to launch 3,236 satellites in the coming months. The more satellites launch, the better the internet network will be.