“Amazon’s satellite operation, Project Kuiper, is pushing ahead with plans to launch a broadband service in the UK, as the tech group founded by Jeff Bezos attempts to take on Elon Musk’s Starlink. 

Kuiper is not yet operational but has previously said it expects to begin deploying its satellite constellation in early 2025 and that it plans to roll out its broadband service later this year. It aims to compete with Starlink in low Earth orbit, a region of space where satellites can provide broadband to areas across the globe poorly served by traditional internet services.

Kuiper needs approval from the UK communications regulator Ofcom to provide broadband services across the country. A final decision on Kuiper’s licence is pending, after a consultation closed in October on Ofcom’s proposal to approve it.

Ofcom said on Sunday that it was ‘still considering the Amazon application for an Earth Station Network licence to allow Amazon Kuiper to operate terminals in the UK’.”

From Financial Times.