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Amazon will start its satellite internet in South Africa. It seems to beat Musk in his home country.

Amazon will start its satellite internet in South Africa. It seems to beat Musk in his home country.

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July 16th, 2026

Amazon will start its satellite internet in South Africa. It seems to beat Musk in his home country.

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Amazon said it will start its satellite internet service.

Amazon 會開始它的衛星網路服務

The service is called Amazon Leo.

這個服務叫做 Amazon Leo

It will start in South Africa in 2027.

在 2027 年在南非開始。

The company will work with a South African internet provider.

這家公司會和一個南非的網路提供商合作。

The provider is Herotel.

這個提供商 Herotel

This is Amazon's first satellite internet deal in Africa.

是 Amazon 在非洲第一個衛星網路交易

The company did not share any money details.

這家公司沒有分享任何金錢細節

This news comes after Elon Musk spoke about South Africa's government.

這個新聞是在伊隆·馬斯克談到南非政府之後發生的。

Musk was born in South Africa.

馬斯克出生在南非

He said rules stop him from starting Starlink there.

他說規則阻止他在那裡開始Starlink

He said the rules are because he is white.

他說這些規則是因為他是白人

The rules say foreign communication companies must give a small part to Black or non-white owners.

規則外國通訊公司必須給黑人或其他非白人所有者一小部分

The government says these rules help fix past unfair treatment.

政府這些規則幫助修復過去的不公平對待

South Africa's Communications Minister Solly Malatsi joined Amazon and Herotel.

南非的通訊部長索利·馬拉齊加入了AmazonHerotel

They announced the deal together.

他們一起宣布了這個協議

Amazon sent its first low-orbit internet satellites last year.

Amazon去年發射了它的第一批低軌道網路衛星

It now has more than 390 working satellites.

現在有超過390顆運作中的衛星

Starlink has more than 10,000 satellites in orbit.

Starlink在軌道上超過10,000顆衛星

It works in more than 160 countries.

在超過160個國家運作

Starlink is in about two dozen other African countries.

Starlink大約二十幾個其他非洲國家有服務。

But Musk will not follow South Africa's rules.

但是馬斯克不會遵守南非的規則

Amazon said the South Africa deal is the start of its work in Africa.

Amazon南非的協議是它在非洲工作的開始。

It will also work with Vanu Inc.

也將與Vanu Inc.合作。

Vanu Inc. helps with mobile internet in developing countries.

Vanu Inc.幫助開發中國家行動網路

Many people in Africa do not have fixed internet.

非洲很多人沒有固定網路

So there is a big market for satellite internet.

所以衛星網路有一個大市場

Amazon Leo has deals in other countries.

Amazon Leo在其他國家有協議

These include Thailand, Australia, and Brazil.

這些包括泰國澳洲和巴西

July 16th, 2026

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