Remote Regions Get Internet Via Cell Phones
October 9, 2008 by CoreyO
If you’re ever stranded on a deserted island, you just may be able to get internet service, that is, if you remembered to bring your mobile phone. Start up company, O3B, which stands for the “other three billion people in the world without internet service,” plans to put up 16 low flying satellites. These satellites will provide internet service to remote parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America who no fiber hookup. Customers will receive the signal from service providers by their mobile phones.
Google, HSBC, and Liberty Global are the big names involved in this project which may help developing parts of the world grow economically. You may soon be able to play chess online with Gilligan after all.
Source: NPR
