Monday, September 8, 2008

Robert Hernreich - Google to Order 16 Satellites, Spread Internet Access, FT Says (Bloomberg.com)

Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. will today announce an order for 16 low-earth orbit satellites as the first stage in a $750 million project to connect a variety of countries within five degrees of the equator to fast Internet networks, the Financial Times reported. Robert Hernreich

Shares of some top internet companies were mixed at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies fell $.61 or 3.1 percent, to $18.80. Robert Hernreich

No comments: