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+-   Google invests in broadband for poorer countries-> on Tuesday September 09 2008, @05:12PM Chris Wilson

Submitted by Chris Wilson on Tuesday September 09 2008, @05:12PM
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Chris Wilson writes "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. "The $750m project to connect mobile masts in a swath of countries within 45 degrees of the equator to fast broadband networks... could bring the cost of bandwidth in such markets down by 95 per cent."

This will probably be the largest single investment in developing country network infrastructure in history... Google clearly wishes to use this project to enable broadband Internet access in developing regions, but many other things must be in place, including fixed power infrastructure, PCs or OLPCs, technical support and skills, and demand and useful content and services for areas with lower literacy, before that can happen.

I've written a critical blog article on the project and would appreciate your thoughts and comments."
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