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Verizon Working With Amazon on Satellite Backhaul

Verizon is working with Amazon’s Project Kuiper to use its low earth orbit satellite network for cellular backhaul to extend Verizon’s 4G/LTE and 5G data networks. “The integration will leverage antenna development already in progress from the Project Kuiper team,…

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and both engineering teams are now working together to define technical requirements to help extend fixed wireless coverage to rural and remote communities,” Verizon said Tuesday. New Street’s Philip Burnett said this helps Verizon reach as many as 7 million more people. “The value of the partnership may be more worthwhile for nascent enterprise opportunities,” he told investors: “We can think of various industrial enterprises -- from remote mines, to trucking companies (Verizon only covers 91% of US road miles) -- who may benefit from the ubiquitous connectivity.”