Google Will Deploy $1 Billion Worth Of Satellites To Spread Internet Access

O3b Satellites mounted to launch dispenser Google recently hired O3b Networks Ltd's founder and chief technology officer. This is the kind of satellite they make. O3b Networks Ltd The tubes that make up the internet cover much of the world, but not all of it. Google has announced plans to get internet to where the tubes can't reach, with three technologies: balloons, high-altitude solar-powered drones, and the latest, satellites in space. Google would not be the first to use satellites to cover ...