Vrio companies DIRECTV Latin America and Sky
Brasil will use Amazon’s satellite broadband network to make
internet connectivity available for unserved and underserved
communities
Today Vrio Corporation, parent company of DIRECTV Latin America
and Sky Brasil, and Project Kuiper, Amazon’s low Earth orbit
satellite broadband network, announced a distribution agreement to
offer fast, affordable internet connectivity in seven countries in
South America.
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Outside Amazon headquarters in downtown
Seattle. From left to right: Rajeev Badyal, vice president of
Project Kuiper; Darío Werthein, president of Vrio Corp.; and Panos
Panay, senior vice president of Amazon Devices & Services.
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Vrio plans to use Project Kuiper’s network to provide
connectivity services to residential customers in Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia through DIRECTV
Latin America and Sky Brasil, in accordance with local regulations.
This agreement will bring new affordable, high-speed internet
connectivity options to an area with a total population of
approximately 383 million people, including approximately 200
million people the World Bank estimates are still not connected to
the internet.
DIRECTV and Sky will use Project Kuiper's low-latency,
high-bandwidth satellite network to bring the benefits of fast and
reliable internet to areas that would otherwise be both challenging
and prohibitively expensive to serve. With Project Kuiper, the
companies will offer nationwide coverage in each country—something
that is not practical with traditional connectivity options like
fiber optics or fixed wireless that require extensive
infrastructure.
Darío Werthein, president of Vrio Corp., stated: "This
collaboration with Project Kuiper is in line with our strategy of
extending our services throughout South America and continues to
define us as a regional leader in information, digital
entertainment, connectivity and innovation promotion. We are
concerned with bridging the technology gap and even more so the
digital divide for our future generations. And the time is now. Our
commitment translates into action. Providing internet access across
the region ensures the development of communities; and that is a
commitment for our company." 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 revolutionize
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. 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’s mission is to deliver fast, affordable
broadband to areas that have traditionally been difficult to
reach,” said Rajeev Badyal, vice president of technology and head
of Project Kuiper at Amazon. "Our network has the capacity and
flexibility to serve tens of millions of customers around the
world, and this distribution agreement with Vrio is part of our
commitment to working with regional providers who share that
vision. We look forward to working with Vrio to serve customers
across South America.”
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.
For more information on Project Kuiper, visit
https://www.aboutamazon.com/projectkuiper.
About Vrio Corp.
Vrio Corp. is a leading American media and technology company in
Latin America and the Caribbean in digital entertainment services,
content production, information and connectivity with more than 40
million viewers in 11 countries. It offers high-quality content
live and on demand through DIRECTV Latin America, SKY Brasil, DGO
and SKY+, with sporting events, international events and exclusive
programming in Brazil through the SKY brand and in Argentina,
Barbados, Chile, Colombia, Curacao, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and
Tobago and Uruguay through the DIRECTV brand. DGO is its
subscription service (OTT) via internet that provides access to a
variety of live and on-demand programming in Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay. The company
also offers fiber optic internet through DFIBRA in Argentina,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and SKY Fibra in Brazil; and has
state-of-the-art satellites and transmission centers, thanks to
which it is possible to deliver a wide variety of content to homes
in 4K format. Likewise, the firm controls the sports network
Torneos y Competencias (TyC) in Argentina and Colombia. For more
information visit: www.vriocorp.com.
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to
be Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth’s Best Employer,
and Earth’s Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click
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Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire
tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology,
Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things
pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit amazon.com/about
and follow @AmazonNews.
About Project Kuiper
Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband
network. Its mission is to provide fast, affordable broadband
connectivity to tens of millions of customers living in unserved
and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper is
building its network with the capacity, flexibility, and
performance to also serve a wide range of enterprise,
telecommunications, and public sector customers who need secure
end-to-end connectivity services for their people, facilities, and
equipment. To achieve its goals, Project Kuiper is deploying
thousands of satellites to low Earth orbit—connected to each other
by high-speed optical links that will create a mesh network in
space—and linked to a global network of antennas, fiber, and
internet connection points on the ground. Following a 100%
successful Protoflight mission, Project Kuiper will begin deploying
its satellite constellation in 2024 ahead of launching commercial
service in 2025. Learn more about Project Kuiper here.
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