Despite Elon Musk’s struggles to launch his satellite internet service, Starlink, in South Africa, Amazon Leo, owned by fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos, could establish a customer base in the Southern African country.
A recent report shows that Amazon’s satellite internet service has inked a deal with South Africa’s Herotel to launch a new broadband service in the country before the end of the year.
Some reports estimate that the launch could be slated for early next year.
The deal entails that Herotel, the largest fixed internet service provider in South Africa, will employ Amazon satellite technology to provide a new service called evry for residential customers.
With 120 local offices around the country, Herotel presently provides fibre and fixed wireless networks to over 350,000 active clients in over 550 cities.
