The AMOS-6 satellite free browsing project
Facebook has been one of the forerunners promoting Internet for All .
This is an effort to accelerate the rate of connectivity by
addressing the various barriers keeping people from getting
online. It is an initiative for bringing internet to remote parts of
the world. Following in the footsteps of Google with the Loon
project, Facebook has just partnered with Eutelsat to provide
internet access for up to 14 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa using satellite technology.
In a press release , French communications firm Eutelsat said the
two companies will work with Spacecom, to utilise the broadband
payload on the future AMOS-6 satellite. This will be deployed in
2016, and Facebook plans to work with local partners across
Africa to deliver these services to rural areas.
In the words on Mark Zukerberg:
I’m excited to announce our first project to deliver internet from space. As part of our Internet.org efforts to connect the world, we’re partnering with Eutelsat to launch a satellite into orbit that will connect millions of people. Over the last year Facebook has been exploring ways to use aircraft and satellites to beam internet access down into communities from the sky. To connect people living in remote regions, traditional connectivity infrastructure is often difficult and inefficient, so we need to invent new technologies.
As part of our collaboration with Eutelsat, a new satellite
called AMOS-6 is going to provide internet coverage to
large parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. The AMOS-6 satellite is
under construction now and will launch in 2016 into a geostationary orbit that will cover large parts of West, East
and Southern Africa.
We’re going to work with local partners across these regions to help communities begin accessing internet services provided through satellite.
This is just one of the innovations we’re working on to
achieve our mission with Internet.org. Connectivity
changes lives and communities. We’re going to keep
working to connect the entire world — even if that means
looking beyond our planet.
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