Comments on: Google Invests in Satellite Broadband Startup http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/ Tue, 21 May 2013 23:56:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Google-backed O3b Satellite Venture Gets Funding for Liftoff: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-526385 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:34:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-526385 [...] Om mentioned a couple years ago, this is an audacious effort. But it makes sense to try and provide connectivity to underserved areas where cellular network [...]

]]> By: Kayak Co-founder Embarks on a Trip to Expand the Web in Africa http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146656 Thu, 13 May 2010 21:05:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146656 [...] first undertaking to expand web access in Africa — in 2008, Google invested in O3b Networks, a satellite and fiber solution launched to blanket emerging markets with the Internet. But the JoinAfrica endeavor is taking a different approach: The initial focus will be on spreading [...]

]]> By: But It Goes To 11 … « thoughts on computing http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146655 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:55:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146655 [...] Google Invests in Satellite Broadband Startup [...]

]]> By: Google Knows the Mobile Web Isn’t Only About Phones | tech.shaundunne.com http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146654 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:11:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146654 [...] It’s also pushing wireless access through unlicensed bands such as whites spaces, and by investments in satellite companies. This takes carriers out of the equation (neutering potential attempts to cut into Google’s [...]

]]> By: Google’s New Fund Should Advance Its Goals, If It Has Them http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146653 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:00:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146653 [...] need in order to build the expertise to make smart investments. (Google already has investments in satellite companies, clean technologies, smart grid and WiMAX.) There’s also a fine line between thinking like a [...]

]]> By: China sms news: - Australian Olympic athletes had drinks spiked in Beijing - Age http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146652 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:09:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146652 [...] Google is one of the many investors who together have put $60 million into O3b Networks , a St. John, Jersey, Channel Islands-based startup that is looking to offer Internet services in the emerging world, especially areas that are far away from the … (read more …) [...]

]]> By: The O3b « Pizzarebbe’s Weblog http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146651 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:32:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146651 [...] Om Malik on O3b [...]

]]> By: DennisSC http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146650 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:00:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146650 I’m not privy to the technical ways and wherefores, but in light of Craig Rubens’ remark, I think a moment of recognition of Arthur C. Clark in light of a project like this would be appropo.

]]> By: Google investiert in Satelliten-Netzbetreiber : VitoNet http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146649 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:01:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146649 [...] GigaOM Technorati tags: Google, Satellit, Internet, [...]

]]> By: Coconut Wireless http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146648 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:49:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/google-invests-in-satellite-based-internet-startup/#comment-146648 Dear Google,

Please don’t forget about us in the South Pacific. We are not many, so laying cable to us makes even less sense.

Om, heard you on The World today! You did a great job!

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