Amazon Leo Is Bringing Elon-Free Satellite Internet To Uzbekistan

The company is teaming up with one of the country's ISPs to connect hard-to-reach regions.

Amazon is bringing Leo, its satellite internet service, to Uzbekistan. The company is teaming up with a regional ISP called Uztelecom to "power satellite connectivity in remote and hard-to-reach" parts of the country.

Uztelecom already has an fairly extensive reach, providing connectivity to 96 percent of communities. However, Uzbekistan has some diverse geography, with mountainous regions and remote deserts. It can be tough to deploy traditional cabled internet in some of those areas, so that's where Leo will step in to fill the gaps. Amazon says "Leo is designed to complement Uztelecom's existing infrastructure, extending connectivity where it is needed most."

Leo hasn't publicly launched just yet, so we don't know when the service in Uzbekistan will be live. The company is currently testing the service with employees and "select enterprise customers" before some...

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