{"id":44912,"date":"2026-03-02T07:10:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=44912"},"modified":"2026-03-02T08:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:13:41","slug":"vodafone-to-harness-amazon-leo-for-mobile-backhaul-in-europe-and-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/vodafone-to-harness-amazon-leo-for-mobile-backhaul-in-europe-and-africa.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone to Use Amazon Leo Satellites for Mobile Backhaul in Europe and Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> has announced that they aren&#8217;t only working with <a href=\"https:\/\/ast-science.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AST SpaceMobile<\/a> to improve mobile connectivity and have today also signed an agreement to harness <a href=\"https:\/\/leo.amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Leo<\/a>&#8216;s (formerly Project Kuiper) satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), albeit only for mobile backhaul (i.e. linking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> masts in Europe [inc. UK] and Africa to their core network).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/amazon\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> service is currently still in its commercial beta phase and will start to launch properly through 2026. The service currently has approval to deploy and operate their own initial constellation of <strong>3,236 LEO<\/strong> broadband satellites (altitudes of between 590km to 630km). A total of c.<a href=\"https:\/\/planet4589.org\/space\/con\/kp\/stats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">180 Kuiper satellites<\/a> have already been placed into orbit (they need at least 500 for basic global coverage) and many more are due to follow over the next few years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/amazon\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> Leo is expected to cost up to around $20bn (\u00a314.9bn) to deliver, using a mix of rockets from ULA, Arianespace, Blue Origin and even SpaceX, by around 2030\/31.<\/div>\n<p>As for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a>, they&#8217;re currently working with Joint Venture (SatCo) partner AST Space Mobile to launch a space-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> mobile (mobile broadband) service to connect with everyday Smartphones on the ground, which could potentially start to go live later in 2026. But today&#8217;s deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/amazon\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> Leo is more of a complement than a replacement to that.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the deal between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> and Amazon Leo is to help connect many more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> mobile sites (masts) in remote areas, which will improve coverage for customers with limited connectivity across Europe and Africa (i.e. mobile data backhaul for the terrestrial network).<\/p>\n<p>With Amazon Leo, Vodafone will also be able to deploy new 4G and 5G base stations more easily and affordably in previously unserved areas, without the time and expense of installing long fibre-based or fixed wireless links back to the core network. Vodafone can similarly use the service to boost network resilience for emergency and critical online services if existing fibre links connecting mobile masts are broken or impacted by flooding.<\/p>\n<p>The mobile operator appears set to harness Amazon Leo&#8217;s Ultra terminals for enterprise users, which offers high-speed cell site backhaul of up to 1Gbps download and 400Mbps upload. On the downside this does limit network capacity quite a bit, since optical fibre links can go many times faster when needed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Margherita Della Valle, Vodafone Group CEO, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cVodafone is looking to space to connect more mobile base stations to our core network, and strengthen resilience even in the most challenging environments. Amazon Leo\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">satellite<\/a> constellation supports our ambition to give all Vodafone customers reliable and high-speed connectivity, wherever they are.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Panos Panay, Senior VP of Amazon Devices &amp; Services, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnectivity shouldn\u2019t depend on where you live. With Amazon Leo, we\u2019re helping bring fast, reliable broadband to places traditional infrastructure can\u2019t easily reach \u2014 from rural communities to critical emergency networks. Partnering with Vodafone and Vodacom is an important step toward connecting millions more people across Europe and Africa and expanding access to the digital services that power modern life.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Under the new agreement, Vodafone will first start using Amazon Leo to connect geographically dispersed mobile base stations back to its core telecom networks in Germany and other European countries. We assume this will include the United Kingdom too, but we&#8217;re checking to confirm. Thereafter, Amazon Leo will be progressively rolled out across Africa through Vodacom.<\/p>\n<p>The companies expect the first of these mobile sites to be connected in 2026 and to extend this service as Amazon Leo builds out its constellation. The move comes shortly after UK rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>) became the country\u2019s first mobile operator to launch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">satellite<\/a>-based connectivity for regular Smartphones via <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-256 shortlink shortlink-256 shortlink shortlink-256 shortlink shortlink-256\" title=\"O2 Satellite\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2satellite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>O2 Satellite<\/strong><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/02\/virgin-media-o2-satellite-service-goes-live-with-4g-mobile-from-space.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 8:12am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vodafone has confirmed that the UK (VodafoneThree) will also have the option to use the new service, if so needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that they aren&#8217;t only working with AST SpaceMobile to improve mobile connectivity and have today also signed an agreement to harness Amazon Leo&#8216;s (formerly Project Kuiper) satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), albeit only for mobile backhaul (i.e. linking 4G and 5G masts in Europe [inc. UK] and Africa to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,406,60,77,96,2721],"class_list":["post-44912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-4g","tag-5g","tag-mobile-broadband","tag-satellite","tag-vodafone","tag-vodafonethree"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/116158336932769011","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vodafone to Use Amazon Leo Satellites for Mobile Backhaul in Europe and Africa - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that they aren&#039;t only working with AST SpaceMobile to improve mobile connectivity and have today also signed an\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/vodafone-to-harness-amazon-leo-for-mobile-backhaul-in-europe-and-africa.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vodafone to Use Amazon Leo Satellites for Mobile Backhaul in Europe and Africa - 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