NTT Group Expands Collaboration with Amazon Leo Satellite Broadband Service, Signs Reseller Agreement

Under the framework of the strategic collaboration with Amazon announced in November 2023, the NTT Group has been exploring the provision of services utilizing low-orbit satellite communications. As concrete progress, group companies NTT Docomo Business, Ltd. (formerly NTT Communications Corporation), NTT ME Corporation, and NTT Media Supply Corporation have signed reseller agreements with Amazon Leo by June 9, 2026. Moving forward, they will proceed with technical verification and service content examination for service provision, and establish a system for offering services to corporations and government agencies in Japan.

In recent years, the importance of communications utilizing space networks has been increasing for strengthening disaster resilience and addressing aging infrastructure. The NTT Group is promoting network decentralization and the in-house ownership and operation of satellite and communication equipment. Through the signing of this reseller agreement with Amazon Leo, they will provide high-speed, reliable satellite broadband communication services utilizing a low-orbit satellite constellation, contributing to the further stabilization of Japan's communication infrastructure.

Furthermore, the NTT Group will leverage its strengths in terrestrial networks and system integration cultivated to date to support a wide range of use cases, including backup during disasters using Amazon Leo, advancement of communication infrastructure in remote areas, islands, and mountainous regions, and advanced connectivity services for mobility, IoT, and industrial applications.

Going forward, under the space business brand "NTT C89", the NTT Group aims to realize a next-generation communication infrastructure that enables seamless connectivity everywhere by promoting the fusion of non-terrestrial networks (NTN), including Amazon Leo, with terrestrial networks (TN-NTN).

Amazon Leo plans to provide high-speed, low-latency communications in almost any location worldwide by coordinating thousands of satellites with secure ground networks and utilizing small, high-performance antennas through Amazon's low-orbit satellite communication network.

For more details about Amazon Leo, please visit https://leo.amazon.com/.

(Please refer to the following links for press releases from group companies regarding this matter)
Press Release by NTT Docomo Business, Ltd.
Press Release by NTT ME Corporation
Press Release by NTT Media Supply Corporation

Comments from each company
Takashi Ebihara, Senior Vice President, CIO, Co-CAIO, NTT Corporation
"In recent years, the importance of communication infrastructure utilizing space has been rapidly increasing for disaster response and infrastructure advancement. We view the signing of this reseller agreement with Amazon Leo as a significant step towards utilizing satellite communications as actual social infrastructure, in light of these changes."

Trevor Vieweg, Head of Amazon Leo Global Business
"We are very pleased to further expand our collaboration with NTT and provide Amazon Leo's low-orbit satellite connectivity to corporate and public sector customers across Japan. In conjunction with the use of Amazon Leo for backhaul circuits of NTT Docomo base stations, we will contribute to strengthening the resilience of Japan's critical communication infrastructure. We will support an environment that can reliably provide communication when and where it is needed."

This release is one of the initiatives under "NTT C89", the space business brand developed by NTT Group companies.
URL: https://group.ntt/jp/aerospace

*1 Amazon, NTT, and SKY Perfect JSAT Agree on Strategic Collaboration for Advanced Satellite Broadband Services in Japan with Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper)
~ Providing flexible, resilient, and highly available services to Japanese customers ~ First strategic collaboration in the Asia-Pacific region announced
https://group.ntt/jp/newsrelease/2023/11/28/231128a.html
*2 "NTT C89" is a trademark of NTT Corporation.
It is an abbreviation for "NTT CONSTELLATION 89 PROJECT", an initiative to contribute to the expansion of space-related businesses and the development of the entire space industry through the provision of solutions to society.
*3 Chief Information Officer
*4 Co-Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer