Israeli satellite to supply sub-Saharan Africa
with free internet
A joint venture by Israeli company Spacecom,
Facebook, and French satellite provider Eutelsat
aims to bring internet access to millions of
people who aren't currently connected.
An Israeli space company, Spacecom, is
developing its newest satellite for Facebook and
French satellite provider Eutelsat, in a venture
intended to supply free Internet to millions of
people in sub-Saharan Africa.
The project is part of Facebook’s Internet.org
non-for-profit initiative of providing affordable
or free Internet to countries with limited or no
access to what founder, Mark Zuckerberg
describes as “the knowledge economy."
The AMOS-6 satellite, successor to the AMOS-2,
will be equipped with 36 beams enabling it to
cover the Middle East, Central East Europe and
much of Africa. It will also contain enhanced
backup capabilities in order to provide the
highest service reliability.
Omri Arnon, Vice President of Business
Development and Strategy at AMOS-Spacecom,
explained that Israel’s interest in the initiative
was not merely related to economics. In fact,
the decision had much to do with the vast
opportunity which can be afforded to the
millions of new recipients who will, in the near
future, be able to explore much of the world
that has thus far been closed to them.
“Connecting people that have no connectivity
to the Internet is one of the fundamental
challenges of our time. When people have
access to the internet, they can connect with
their friends, family and communities,” Arnon
said.
Moreover, the satellite will enable residents of
sub-Saharan Africa to reap the economic and
political benefits that will inevitably be
generated with access to the Internet. Indeed,
Arnon stated that the Internet service would
enable “access to sources of information to help
find jobs, start businesses, access healthcare,
education and financial services, become part of
the national and global economy, and have more
influence on their societies.”
Facebook’s choice of Israel as the satellite
developer will come as no surprise to some,
with Israel already having proved that the
geographical size of a country need not reflect
the innovative capacity of its inhabitants.
Alluding to Israel as leading international
technological developer, Arnon said that
Facebook’s choice of the AMOS-6 for its new
initiative reflects the quality of the satellite and
demonstrates confidence in Spacecom and in
Israeli technology. “We are looking forward and
are proud to take part in contributing to the
success of this tremendous venture,” he said.
In 2015, Israel was ranked fifth place on the
Bloomberg Innovation Index which tracks the
highest levels of the world’s research and
development. This marked a huge climb from
30th place last year, setting Israel ahead of the
UK, France and the US.

SOURCE: www.thebiafraherald.co/2015/10/israeli-satellite-to-supply-sub-saharan.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook&m=1

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Tsmooth1:
Everything you post, view or watch is being monitor by MOSSAD.

If u dont have skeleton in ur cupboard, why shud u be scared of MOSSAD? or are u an islamist dt don't see anything good in Israel and other western countries, but still yet they can't do without them?

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MikeMoses:


If u dont have skeleton in ur cupboard, why shud u be scared of MOSSAD? or are u an islamist dt don't see anything good in Israel and other western countries, but still yet they can't do without them?

We are talking about privacy and nothing else. If you can recalled the case of Edward Snowden leak on Intelligence Agency spying on people, it caused many issue around the world. It's not because those people have "skeleton in there cupboard" but are entitle to have a private life.