Facebook and Eutelsat would use a satellite to offer internet service to Africans.
Facebook has taken an initiative to offer internet services to African residents. It is purchasing its satellite bandwidth to directly offer free basic internet services to Africans. The social media enterprise and the French satellite-operating organization, Eutelsat, would purchase the AMOS-6 satellite’s broadband capacity when it serves in 2016. The two modern organizations have joined to expand Internet access in Africa.
Facebook News affirmed that with the introduction of its Internet.org initiative, it is currently playing its role in connecting millions of people in less developed countries to the Internet. The lately retitled Free Basics by Facebook has been launched to let residents of 19 states avail free, low-bandwidth editions of 60 essential internet services, such as health and search details, from their mobile phones.
This is quite good for developing states, such as Philippines or Indonesia, which are currently offering good global internet connectivity. It is not much useful for African states away from the fiber-optic cables that link major coastal cities to the internet.
To provide faster Internet access in states without the fiber infrastructure, the two companies would connect terminals in the African region to devoted Internet gateways in a number of countries, including Israel, Italy, and France through the AMOS-6 satellite.
Facebook News today exclaimed that the social media company would be disseminating AMOS-6’s Ka-Band transponders, utilizing them to provide spot-beam coverage to East, West, and Southern Africa. The geo satellite is carrying 36 Ka-band transponders, up to 24 of which could be employed simultaneously, although the two companies aim to utilize just 18 of them in order to enhance performance, stated Eutelsat’s spokesperson, Vanessa O’Connor.
The European organization would deploy its bandwidth’s for small and medium sized enterprises and well-off customers to access internet with its commercial features. The company is currently offering similar facilities in the African region over the Ku band, which needs a larger antenna. Vanessa refused to state what bandwidth could be availed by enterprises and what Eutelsat would charge for the facility.
Facebook Breaking news reported that the social network giant has collaborated with local cellular operating firms to provide Free Basics by Facebook facility, earlier referred to as Internet.org, the name of the its service promoting initiative. The operators offer the bandwidth, characteristically providing free access to the facilities to their clients, though it offers marketing services especially to potential low-bandwidth service providers.
One could say that the service providing initiative would improve its reputation in the high-tech world.
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