Vrio, parent company of Directv Latin America and Sky Brasil, has signed a distribution agreement with Project Kuiper, Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network, to offer internet connectivity in seven countries in South America.
Directv and Sky will use Project Kuiper’s satellite network to bring the benefits of internet coverage to areas that would otherwise be both challenging and prohibitively expensive to serve.
Vrio will service residential customers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia through Directv Latin America and Sky Brasil.
This will provide internet to approximately 383 million people including 200 million people the World Bank estimates that are still not connected to the internet.
“Providing internet access across the region ensures the development of communities; and that is a commitment for our company,” stated Vrio president Darío Werthein.
He added, “We look forward to bringing the benefits of affordable internet access and connectivity to more communities to reach further with a service that will revolutionise the way people connect.”
“Project Kuiper is a powerful opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives,” said Panos Panay, Amazon’s senior vice president for devices and services.
“There are hundreds of millions of households around the world that don’t have access to reliable broadband internet, which means they can’t take part in things that we can take for granted, like being able to learn online, run a business online, shop, or enjoy streaming entertainment,” said Amazon senior vice president for devices and services Panos Panay.
“Working with Vrio to bring affordable access to broadband means we can enable so many more people to create, connect, and learn in new ways.”
Project Kuiper recently tested two prototype satellites as part of its successful Protoflight mission.
It expects to begin deploying its satellite constellation in the coming months, and to start service demonstrations with Vrio and other select customers later this year.
This first appeared in the subscription newsletter CommsWire on 17 June 2024.
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