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LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Vodafone plans to work with Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite constellation Project Kuiper to extend the reach of its 4G and 5G telecoms networks in Europe and Africa.
The British mobile operator said Project Kuiper's high-bandwidth, low-latency satellites would be used to connect mobile base stations in remote locations to its core networks, eliminating the need for fibre-based or fixed wireless links.
Amazon is preparing to test two prototype satellites in the coming months before starting to deploy production satellites in 2024 for its network, which will compete with Elon Musk's Starlink, OneWeb and others.
Vodafone and Amazon said they would work to roll out Project Kuiper's high-speed broadband services to under-served communities around the world, and also offer services to businesses, such as back-up connections.
It makes sense to backhaul through LEO's in very remote areas, BT are currently testing with OneWeb to backhaul via their network of LEO's. I'd question Starlink's business model of putting so many satellites in orbit, and targeting residential customers, since offering backhauling services to local Communication providers seems far more sensible.
I can't help it but Project Kipper rolls off the tongue far easier than Project Kuiper, with Amazon so late to the game it makes you wonder.
'Vodafone plans to work with Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite constellation Project Kuiper to extend the reach of its 4G and 5G telecoms networks in Europe and Africa'
https://uk.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/vodafone-teams-up-with-amazons-project-kuiper-to-extend-5g-reach-3143540
Moley always with the reality check. Project Kipper despite starting in 2019 have not even launched a sat yet. They gave the contract, no surprise, to Blue Origin, who are not doing too well.
Starlink meanwhile has 4000 up there. Just no need for another LOE net launched, eventually maybe, by very expensive one shot rockets.
VOD late to the party and partnering with the also ran with a higher cost base I’m afraid.
Mole, I will ask VOD management to get in touch with you so you can let them know this revelation.
It would be irresponsible to let them go ahead with this without listening to your far superior insight into the industry.
"71s today for sure"
Jax are you holding on to this prophecy for today or would you like to change it?
Have we finally turned the corner? My average is 80p & I feel confident in the coming years it will turn out to be one hell of a buy at these levels GLA
Jax, this is getting better and better today. Why are you so quiet?
Are you embarrassed again? I understand totally, your behavior on here is embarrassing.
I can't make any comments about this announcement's technical credentials as I have no knowledge in this area, but from an operational perspective, Amazon is fundamentally a customer driven organisation. Quite unique in that sense for such a massive organisation.
If they (amzn) have identified a service which can be delivered at scale and value, vod may have made a savvy decision.
"if they (amzn) have identified a service which can be delivered at scale and value, vod may have made a savvy decision."
amazon are late to the game but it'll make little difference in the long run, since the average lifespan of a low earth orbit satellite is around 5 to 6 years; all the satellites launched in the last year will likely be deorbited and replaced by 2029. the leo providers have decided on different strategies, oneweb uses far fewer satellites, at twice the orbit of starlink, and although oneweb services will likely have more delay, it wont be significant enough to cause problems for communication providers backhauling through them.
there's also other solutions for sp**** population areas, like high altitude platforms. high altitude platforms have less uplink/downlink delay than leo's and can provide 4/5g service direct to end users, meaning only a network access ground station required, without the need for localised base stations, but they need to be refueled after a period of weeks and need somewhere to land and take off. probably the biggest disadvantage of hap's is that you'll need more of them to provide coverage over large areas. it may be possible to use hap's in combination with leo's, time will tell how the tech develops going forward.
"there's also other solutions for sp**** population areas"
lol
There's also other solutions for spa rse population areas.
Pension fund just launched a lawsuit against Amazon suing them for picking Bezos Blue Origin as the launch provider for Project Kipper.
They know this inside deal is going nowhere. Just a way for Bezos to get Amazon to feed cash into Blue Origin which has barely managed 22 launches since 2016. VOD should of done more DD before backing this. Hopefully they have not paid anything upfront.
For comparison, SpaceX does 22 launches every 10 weeks now, cutting that to every 2 months from Jan 2024. By the time Blue Origin have launched one sat, say 2 years from now, spaceX will of launched another 14,000 (12 launches per months 50 sats per launch). You see the problem?
https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/04/project_kuiper_amazon_lawsuit/
Hello (again) Porsche1946
Perhaps more comparable to dogshyt would be your malodorous personality. I offer very little to these boards being a financial dumbass and despite having a significant paper loss as a lth don't feel the need to continually post vitriolic comments, all of which reference animal faeces. May I suggest you either get some psychological support or join an alternative forum for those with a canine fetish.
ATB :-)
Fleccy thanks for the overview.
Let’s face it, it’s only dog poo if you paid too much for it. I’m certain many people will be doing nicely out of this in the short to medium term. If your not one of those, suck it up, as that’s investing I’m afraid. Calling it names won’t help you unfortunately.
Short to medium term will see the SP at 50p
Long term Vod won’t be around imo
Jax!!!there you are!! Promising 50s again? You couldn't even get it right on a daily basis. Lol
What a clown. Long term VOD will likely climb back to 200p imo
DanielN. Yes, it is a big shame, that some on here can't express themselves without reffering to animal faeces. Sad, or what? I think his other car, is a Reliant Robin? Lovelly Jubbly.. (No dissrespect to dell boy)!