'Facebook will provide free internet to remote areas south of the Sahara Desert: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the world's largest social network, announced that the company will use the services of the Israeli satellite 'Amos 6', as part of the Internet.org project, which is intended to provide free Internet from space to developing countries.
According to reports, the company aims to offer a connection to the network as early as the second half of 2016. This project is a collaboration between Facebook and the French internet provider Eutelsat.
Zuckerberg wrote on his personal Facebook account: "I'm excited to announce our project to provide internet from space. As part of our efforts to connect the world, we're launching a satellite that will connect millions of people. Over the past year, Facebook has been exploring new ways to use airplanes and satellites to provide internet access... This is just one of the innovations we're working on to fulfill our goals at Internet.org.".
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The Amos 6 communications satellite was developed by the Israel Aerospace Industries, and it replaces the Amos 2 and Amos 3 communications satellites.
