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09-12-08, 06:34 AM
Google Continues March Toward World Domination
Internet giant eyes sat as it plans for "the other 3 billion."
From www.SkyReport.comSkyFILES
by Michael Hopkins
The company created waves around the world when news surfaced that it (along with Liberty Media) was an investor in O3b (http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=26391), a start-up that promises to deliver satellite-based broadband services to developing parts of the globe. O3b (which stands for "the other 3 billion," referring to the developing world population without broadband access) said it has started construction of a 16-satellite constellation that will be aimed at emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
The offering is set to debut in 2010...More @ www.skyreport.com/#article7
New York Times Article: http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_852573C400693880002574BF00346775.html?ref=tech nology
Internet giant eyes sat as it plans for "the other 3 billion."
From www.SkyReport.comSkyFILES
by Michael Hopkins
The company created waves around the world when news surfaced that it (along with Liberty Media) was an investor in O3b (http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=26391), a start-up that promises to deliver satellite-based broadband services to developing parts of the globe. O3b (which stands for "the other 3 billion," referring to the developing world population without broadband access) said it has started construction of a 16-satellite constellation that will be aimed at emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
The offering is set to debut in 2010...More @ www.skyreport.com/#article7
New York Times Article: http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_852573C400693880002574BF00346775.html?ref=tech nology