04-05-2018 13:02 via telecoms.com

Facebook is quietly exploring satellite broadband delivery

Through an almost non-existent subsidiary, Facebook is seemingly exploring how it can play a role in the delivery of connectivity through low-orbit satellites.
In a partially redacted application to the FCC, PointView Tech LLC has filed an application to launch and operate a single low-orbit, non-geostationary satellite, known as Athena, to see whether the delivery of connectivity through such assets is a feasible exercise. Although PointView Tech is pretty much non-existent aside from on paper,
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