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Amazon will start its satellite internet in South Africa, beating Musk in his home country.

Amazon will start its satellite internet in South Africa, beating Musk in his home country.

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July 16th, 2026

Amazon will start its satellite internet in South Africa, beating Musk in his home country.

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Amazon said on Wednesday it will start its satellite internet service, Amazon Leo, in South Africa in 2027.

亚马逊在周三说它将在2027年在南非开始它的卫星互联网服务Amazon Leo

The company will work with a South African internet provider called Herotel.

这家公司将与一个叫Herotel的南非互联网提供商合作。

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

这是亚马逊在非洲的第一个卫星互联网交易

The companies did not share any money details.

这些公司没有分享任何金钱细节

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

这个消息是在埃隆·马斯克批评南非政府之后传来的。

Musk was born in South Africa.

马斯克出生在南非

He said rules stop him from starting Starlink there because he is white.

他说规则阻止他在那里启动Starlink因为他是白人

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

规则说外国通信公司必须把一小部分业务给黑人或者非白人所有者

The government says these rules help fix problems from the past apartheid time.

政府说这些规则帮助解决过去种族隔离时期的问题

South Africa's Communications Minister Solly Malatsi joined Amazon and Herotel to tell people about the deal.

南非通信部长索利·马拉齐亚马逊Herotel一起告诉大家这个协议

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

亚马逊去年第一批低轨道互联网卫星送上了太空

It now has more than 390 working satellites.

现在超过390颗工作的卫星

Starlink has more than 10,000 satellites in space.

Starlink在太空中超过一万颗卫星

It works in over 160 countries.

在超过160个国家工作

Starlink is available in about 24 other African countries.

Starlink在大概24个其他非洲国家可以使用

But Musk has said no to South Africa's affirmative action rules.

但是马斯克南非的平权规则说了不。

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

亚马逊南非的协议是它在非洲发展的开始。

It will also work with Vanu Inc.

还会和Vanu Inc.合作。

This company helps with mobile internet in developing countries.

这家公司帮助发展中国家使用移动互联网

There is a big possible market for satellite internet in Africa.

卫星互联网在非洲可能一个很大的市场

Many people there do not have fixed internet connections.

那里很多人没有固定的互联网连接

Amazon Leo has already made deals in several other countries.

Amazon Leo已经在其他几个国家做了交易。

These include Thailand, Australia, and Brazil.

这些国家包括泰国澳大利亚和巴西

July 16th, 2026

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