The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, November 5, 2019. — Reuters pic
The US tech giant said yesterday it is moving forward with its Project Kuiper, one of several systems planned to bring internet to customers without land-based connections. Amazon offered no timetable for the project but said it would begin deployment of its 3,236 satellites after the Federal Communications Commission approved the project.
“There are still too many places where broadband access is unreliable or where it doesn’t exist at all. Kuiper will change that. Our US$10 billion investment will create jobs and infrastructure around the United States that will help us close this gap.”
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