Our aim is to run your phone line over Leo the day it reaches New Zealand, the way we already do over Starlink.
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We intend to offer phone lines over Amazon Leo as soon as it is available in New Zealand — the same service we already run over Starlink for thousands of rural customers. That is our intention rather than a promise, because the launch timing is Amazon’s to set, not ours.
Amazon has not announced a New Zealand launch date, and we are not an Amazon reseller. Everything on this page comes from Amazon’s public announcements.
If you are rural, your phone line is increasingly a question about your internet connection. The copper is being withdrawn, and for a lot of properties satellite is the only thing that reaches you.
That means the satellite you choose decides whether your phone works. Today there is effectively one option. A second network changes that — on price, on reliability, and on having somewhere to go when one of them has a bad week.
This is not a new idea for us. We put phone lines over satellite every week, and the service is the same whichever connection carries it.
The number you have had for thirty years moves across, even when the copper goes. That is usually the thing people care about most.
Your existing corded or cordless phone works with a small adapter. Nothing changes about how you make a call.
Queues, extensions, after-hours routing and a business number, run from a farm, a packhouse or a remote site.
See what we do today over Starlink at home and Starlink for business. When Leo arrives, our intention is to support it the same way.
Leo is Amazon’s low-earth-orbit satellite internet network, previously called Project Kuiper and renamed Amazon Leo in November 2025. Same principle as Starlink: a constellation of satellites in low orbit, and a dish at your place.
Amazon runs a public waitlist at leo.amazon.com. Dates and satellite numbers move, so treat this as where things stood when the page was last updated.
A phone call needs very little bandwidth — roughly 100 kbps each way, less than streaming music. What matters is a stable connection rather than a fast one, which is why satellite phone lines live or die on consistency rather than headline speeds.
Amazon claims substantially better upload performance than current satellite options. If that holds up in practice it is good news for voice, because upload is the direction that usually causes trouble. We will test it here before we say so with any confidence.
One thing that will not change: 111 in a power cut. A phone that runs over the internet needs power at your place, whether that internet arrives by fibre, Starlink or Leo. If someone in the household relies on being able to call 111, tell us and we will plan for it.
This is covered by the 111 Contact Code, and it applies to every satellite connection equally.
Amazon is behind its own schedule. It has a few hundred satellites in orbit against a United States regulatory requirement of more than 1,600 by mid 2026, and has asked for an extension. Coverage builds from northern and southern latitudes first.
New Zealand sits in the southern band that would be served comparatively early once the network is large enough, but that is our reading of the published orbital plan rather than an Amazon commitment. Anyone giving you a New Zealand date is guessing.
We are not going to tell you to sit without a phone line waiting for something with no launch date. Starlink is available across New Zealand now, we support it today, and if Leo arrives and suits you better, moving is straightforward — our phone service is not tied to either of them.
That is our intention, as soon as it is available in New Zealand and we have tested it properly. We already do exactly this over Starlink.
Not yet. Amazon has not announced a New Zealand launch. The first countries named are the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
Yes, and that is the point. We port landline numbers across from Spark, One NZ and 2degrees, and the number does not care what carries the connection underneath.
No. We are not an Amazon reseller and we are not claiming to be. We sell the phone service that runs over it.
No. There is no New Zealand launch date and Starlink works now. Changing later is not difficult.
Yes. Register your interest below and we will let you know if and when it becomes a real option here. No obligation, and we will not pester you.
Tell us where you are and what you are running now. We will let you know when Leo becomes a real option here — and in the meantime we will tell you honestly whether Starlink suits your site.
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Amazon and Amazon Leo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. Kiwi VoIP is not affiliated with, endorsed by or a reseller of Amazon. Information on this page is drawn from Amazon’s public announcements and was correct when published.
