Amazon, Vrio to launch satellite internet in South America, competing with Starlink

Eliana Raszewski - Reuters - 13/06
Amazon and telecommunications firm Vrio will jointly launch a satellite internet service in seven South American countries, the two parties said on Thursday, putting them in direct competition with Elon Musk's Starlink.
BUENOS AIRES, June 13 (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O)New Tab, opens new tab and telecommunications firm Vrio will jointly launch a satellite internet service in seven South American countries, the two parties said on Thursday, putting them in direct competition with Elon Musk's Starlink.
Vrio, the U.S. firm that manages the Latin American branch of DirecTV as well as Sky Brasil, will offer the service to customers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.
"We think the opportunity is huge," Lucas Werthein, vice president of Vrio, told Reuters.
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