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Google is teaming up with HSBC bank and Liberty Global to back a start-up called O3b Networks. The O3b stands for other three billion, the people currently under served or living in remote locations in need of decent internet access.
The effort has begun initial production of 16 low-cost satellites that collectively will provide an Internet backbone to places lacking high-speed networking cable, including emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East, O3b said. The satellites will link with ground stations such as cell towers or WiMax stations that actually reach the customers.