Sometime in the middle of this year, the long-delayed satellite Internet service developed by Amazon to compete with SpaceX will become available in certain regions.
The information comes directly from the head of the company, Andy Jassy, who included it in the annual letter to the company's shareholders, reports News.ro.
According to him, Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) will offer download speeds of up to 1 Gbps, much higher than the up to 280 Mbps provided by SpaceX.
The information provided by the Amazon CEO stopped there, so it is not clear whether the service will initially be available only to companies or, if it will already be offered to end consumers, in which regions.
So far, Amazon's service has been able to be tested by a small number of companies, including the airlines Delta and JetBlue, which offer in-flight internet through it.
Beyond the two airlines, Amazon already has agreements with, among others, NASA, AT&T and Vodafone.
Amazon's satellite internet service is expected to be not only faster, but also cheaper than Starlink, in order to compete with Elon Musk's company, which entered this market earlier.
There is an enormous difference between the infrastructure of the two companies at this moment. Starlink has over 10,000 satellites, while Amazon only has 241.
