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Facebook, Eutelsat to Use Satellites to Spread Net Across Sub-Saharan Africa

2015-10-05 23:12:28| TechNewsWorld

Facebook and Eutelsat have entered a partnership to leverage satellite technology to provide Internet access to remote parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The initiative, which includes a multiyear agreement with Spacecom, will utilize the entire broadband payload on the future AMOS-6 satellite as the backbone of a dedicated system that will include satellite capacity, gateways and terminals.

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