Hi all, According to FT and other sources, Google has announced their support for a new initiative called O3B to "bring internet access to 3bn people in Africa and other emerging markets by launching at least 16 satellites to bring its services to the unconnected" in 2010.
"They will... order 16 low-earth orbit satellites... as the first stage in a $750m project to connect mobile masts in a swath of countries within 45 degrees of the equator to fast broadband networks... the project could bring the cost of bandwidth in such markets down by 95 per cent." Please read more and comment on our new (personal) blog at http://tinderblog.wordpress.com/ Thanks, Chris. -- Aptivate | http://www.aptivate.org | Phone: +44 1223 760887 The Humanitarian Centre, Fenner's, Gresham Road, Cambridge CB1 2ES Aptivate is a not-for-profit company registered in England and Wales with company number 04980791. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
