In case you missed it, Amazon Leo and AT&T Business recently announced a strategic agreement, making AT&T Business the first U.S. telecom provider to offer Amazon Leo broadband satellite services as a converged connectivity solution. This agreement enhances connectivity and extends AT&T Business’ fiber and 5G architecture with Amazon Leo’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite services, creating a layer of additional redundancy.

By adopting Amazon Leo, AT&T Business is well-equipped to support business continuity, meet customers’ needs, connect hard-to-reach and rural areas and provide resilient internet offerings. This integration showcases the important role of LEO satellite services for helping everyone, everywhere work, live and communicate better. AT&T’s planned use of Amazon Leo addresses customers’ needs for connectivity solutions that enable customers to leverage the best connectivity option for their business needs.  

AT&T Business SVP and Head of Product Shawn Hakl puts it this way:

“Customers have no shortage of connectivity options. What enterprise and public sector customers need is a connectivity platform that delivers greater reliability. AT&T is uniquely positioned to provide that reliability by bringing together three critical network layers — fiber, 5G, and low Earth orbit satellite — into a single managed architecture.”

By integrating Amazon Leo’s space-based satellite technology with AT&T’s fiber and 5G architecture, this expanded technology solution can deliver enhance network resiliency and redundancy, extend geographic reach to remote, rural and underserved areas and help businesses more efficiently meet the demands of modern enterprise.

Read more about Amazon Leo’s agreement with AT&T Business here.

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