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Vodafone and Project Kuiper, Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite (LEO) communications initiative, today announced a strategic collaboration through which Vodafone and Vodacom plan to use Project Kuiper’s network to extend the reach of 4G\/5G services to more of their customers in Europe and Africa. Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vodafone and Project Kuiper, Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite (LEO) communications initiative, today announced a strategic collaboration through which Vodafone and Vodacom plan toRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowu7GVCw:productID":"","_crdt_document":"","activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[10137,1873,10136,10135],"class_list":["post-4672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-4g","tag-5g","tag-vodacom","tag-vodafone"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Vodafone_Group_PLC.jpg","blog_images":{"medium":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Vodafone_Group_PLC-300x200.jpg","large":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Vodafone_Group_PLC.jpg"},"ams_acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVODAFONE AND AMAZON'S PROJECT KUIPER TO EXTEND CONNECTIVITY IN AFRICA AND EUROPE - Mpelembe Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vodafone and Vodacom plan to use Project Kuiper's low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation to extend the reach of their 4G\/5G networks. 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