Amazon’s power and platform might prove pivotal as NGSO connectivity heats up

摘要

Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) financial resources andecosystem might prove critical as the NGSO satellitecommunications sector wrestles with issues that includecost, pricing and the larger economy.Competition between the multinational technologycompany’s Kuiper service and rival SpaceX’s Starlinkinternet connectivity is intensifying. Both are expected tobenefit from the COVID-19 crisis in part because of thedeleterious effects of the pandemic on early-stage companiesin the sector.