Amazon expands: soon it will also offer an internet service

The U.S. giant is intent on including in its Prime subscription package a connection to facilitate video streaming

Amazon is intent on making the $99 needed to activate a Prime subscription, the best money spent all year. Prime offers two days of free shipping, Twitch streaming and a full catalog of TV series and movies. And starting today, Amazon is ready to include an internet service as well.

Information about Amazon's signature innovation is still scarce, and it's unclear whether the company in addition to the internet service is also planning to offer a pricing package for calls and texts. Amazon's main interest remains streaming services. The certainty is that the company has decided to provide the internet connection in Europe and not in the United States. Why? The reason is simple. In alcuni paesi europei, infatti, è più facile investire su questo tipo di servizio poiché per legge i fornitori di banda larga sono tenuti a offrire l’accesso all’ingrosso alla propria rete alle aziende concorrenti.

Da Netflix a Prime Video

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Amazon Video è il servizio di TV on demand con serie realizzate da Amazon stessa

Le recenti analisi sui servizi offerti da Netflix hanno indicato come il pubblico stia abbandonando, anche in Europa e non più solo negli Stati Uniti, i canali televisivi, per preferire i video in streaming e l’on demand. E proprio per venire incontro a queste nuove abitudini che Amazon sta progettando di creare un proprio servizio di accesso a internet. Per incrementare le funzioni e le possibilità del suo servizio di video in streaming presente all’interno del pacchetto Prime. It should be remembered, however, that in our country Amazon's subscription service still does not offer the possibility of streaming video, and in fact has a lower cost than in other countries. In this sense it will have to be verified if in Italy Amazon will become in short time also an ISP, that is an internet service provider.