Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is set to launch a new satellite broadband service in Britain.
Project Kuiper could start operating this year.
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Amazon has told communications regulator Ofcom that it wants to increase access to British radio waves “over the next year or two” as it “expands the capabilities of its first generation system”.
The tech giant also said it believes Project Kuiper is “uniquely suited to reach hard-to-reach areas within the UK.”
It aims to target companies and government contracts.
Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Bezos, has been contracted to launch dozens of satellites.
The move puts Bezos in competition with fellow billionaire Elon Musk, whose Starlink broadband network includes 87,000 customers in Britain.
Musk had previously described Bezos as a copycat.
Last year, the American newspaper “The Sun” revealed that Bezos and Lauren Sanchez were preparing to get married in an “extravagant” ceremony in Aspen with their friends during the winter.
An insider exclusively told The US Sun that Bezos and Sanchez, 54, have been quietly planning their star-studded wedding.
He was previously married to Mackenzie Scott, and they have four children together.
Scott is worth approximately $30 billion, and has donated two-thirds of her fortune to charity.
